I was hunting grouse one day in a favorite cover and my DD Heiko had pinned a nice bird ,it came up close ,I shot quickly and tumbled the bird ...it landed in a small river ,although I could not see exactly through the brush I did see water fly and heard the splash ,I sent Heiko in immediately fearing the bird would float downstream and be lost ,when I got to the point where I thought it had dropped he was working a single spot about six feet up the the bank ,I sent him down the river figuring every second was crucial and I was going to loose my prize ! no sir he would put in a half assed effort and return to the damn river bank ...I kept sending him off ,more frustrated each time ...I mean there was nothing on the bank and he kept going to the same spot over and over ,idiot dog I thought .
This came to the point where I was about to loose my cool ,so I said to myself to hell with it and let him be ....he sniffed to his spot on the bank again ,he started frantically digging and after excavating a sizable hole he stuck his head in up to his shoulders to pull out a very much alive wingtipped grouse !!!!
I didn't see the hollow log buried in the river bank,but when that grouse pitched in the water he sure did ,and Heiko knew it too!
