I told him "the dog told me it was a hen". He couldn't comprehend how that was so. But a point for that long, that late in the season, usually is a hen.
Best,
Ted
The bird probably smelled like fish
. I always tell Samba to ignore the fishy ones, but she never does, your dog must be smarter then mine.
Steve
I owned a dog who eventually got good enough that he didn't point hen pheasants, which led to some startling flushes of hens in my face as I was sprinting up to the dog pointing a rooster. But, he joined his ancestors years ago.
It took me longer to figure out what was going on then it took him to figure out we didn't shoot hens.
My labrador owning friends didn't believe such a thing was possible, until they saw it. They also didn't believe how often he found birds in a field that the Labs had missed.
Before I start waxing poetic about what a great dog he was, let me tell you, he was the meanest SOB that ever came out of a setter kennel in North America. Except, to me.
I couldn't keep him with my life as it is today. But, I miss him anyway, especially when a crippled bird is on the ground.
Best,
Ted
