GOOD EYE Moses! Yes, it is a Cashmore.

Eric, I would be interested in your loads for your 12 and 16. I shoot both on pheasants but my loads are pretty hapzard and I suspect their patterning is not very good. I need to test that hypothesis directly however.

Mike A. There are lots of GREAT goldens out there. But you need to know where and how to work. Gus came out of New York. Before that, there was Ande out of Oregon and before that was Jess out of Kansas and before that was Bridget out of the New Brighton MN classifieds. All were spectacular dogs. Albeit, they are considerably more expensive today than they used to be (even allowing for inflation).

What I value most in Gus is not the retrieves so much as the live and dead bird finding. He has gotten really good at that. Chasing down a runner or a wounded bird is his specialty. He points a fair percentage of them too. The second bird, for instance, was pointed after air-scenting him. I had to walk in and flush the bird like I had a pointer. I'm not entirely happy about that, but it does have some advantages from time to time. And he is a great pet too. Curled up behind my chair at the loading bench as I type right now. He's a big baby most of the time.

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