Robert J Samples wrote:
My dad trained bird dogs. Once, when I was hunting alone with one of these dogs, Joe, we were in very tall grass. When the covey came up, I shot and killed a bird that fell, but Joe brought one back from another direction. he can caught it before it could clear the grass. After retreiving that bird, I sent him after the other bird I killed. He as a great hunter. Just Sayin...RJS
I took one of my goldens out with a fella that had a German short hair. He was training his dog to Point and I did the shooting. His dog did a perfect point, he pulled the trap and I shot the pidgin. Then it was my turn to work my dog and he was to shoot, except when the bird flew it stayed low and was heading towards the only road. Well he didn’t shoot and the bird flew off and landed in the only tree in the field, my dog chasing after it. The other guy said “aren’t ya gonna call him back “ and I said he would come back in a minute.
Well we saw that bird land 20 up in that tree, but somehow, SOMEHOW, that dog came back with that pidgin, unharmed, and ready for another round.