Game Birds and Gun Dogs

Paperback, 152 Pages. True Stories of Hunting Grouse, Quail, Pheasant, and Waterfowl in North AmericaTry to imagine yourself hunting along the woods road on a clear October day. Your little Brittany spaniel is hunting the cover flawlessly and close. She locks upon a grouse. You know immediately that it's a grouse because your dog never does anything wrong. You flush the bird and mark it cleanly with a remarkable shot through the dense strands of thick pines. And your dog retrieves the bird flawlessly as usual. Right? Dream on, friend. All too often, your dog ranges too far, breaks point, and flushes birds out of range. And when you are lucky enough to get a shot at a bird, you miss. And finally, we all know that there is unfortunately no such thing as a flawless retrieve. But we still love our dogs and our bird hunting. The stories collected here are about hunters, their dogs, and the upland game and fowls that they hunt together. These are tales of remarkable shots and unexplainable m