Thanks guys for the positive comments. They have not been out a lot since February and it sure tickles me when they come out after a little time off and work the birds better than I shoot. Joe my dog Missy in the 3rd picture is 5 years old and still acts like a puppy in the back yard. She points honey bees and lizards, and holds on point until they " Flush" LOL.
My wife is always giving me grief say what's wrong with your dog?, but put her in the field and she is all business.
Charlie I had to laughs at what you wrote, because I was shooting my 410 sxs today and the bird crawled under the tree. On the flush I shot but only feathered the bird and he ended up flying into a tree about 70 yards away.
I whistled Scout off the bird, and turned him to go 180 degrees away. After shooting another bird for Scout and getting a retrieving he went over the rise. I soon found him solid and on point looking up into he tree where the bird had sat for the last 20 minutes.
Charlie I live in Tucson, and hunt mostly Southern AZ. Right up to the Mexican border. True be known my dogs have been known to become temporarily " undocumented immigrants " for the time it takes them to jump the border fence to retrieve a bird.
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