That's a great story Andy and very well told! (Should have been in Parker Pages)
My guess is that the birds were in the thick briars to keep away from avian predators - bobcats, fishers, foxes and coyotes would get through (under) that stuff as easily as Werden did.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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