7/31/2023 0 Comments .22 for pheasant huntr![]() ![]() ![]() You feel as if you’re following a live grenade, which is not a bad thing assuming you’re in good standing with your cardiologist. When these canine dynamos get birdy, you half-expect parts of them to shear off. The thing about English cockers is, overdrive is their default mode. We all know what it means when we say that a dog “gets birdy.” It’s as if every bone, nerve and muscle in his body goes into overdrive. No matter how long it sits in the garage, when you turn the key it starts right up.” As a friend of mine once quipped, “Owning a good German shorthair is like owning a reliable car. In my experience, it’s the lowest-maintenance of all the gun dog breeds, meaning that once a German shorthair learns his trade, he never backslides. There’s one category, though, in which the GSP leads the pack. In just about every respect you can think of, the GSP is the “happy medium” of bird dogs, a fact that speaks volumes about its enduring popularity with pheasant hunters. It’s not the fastest dog, but it’s not the slowest it’s not the widest-ranging, but it’s not the closest-working it’s not the flashiest, but it’s not the most methodical it’s not the highest-strung, but it’s not the most laid-back. Now, it’s obvious how that relates to the game of golf, but it strikes me as a pretty good summation of what the German shorthaired pointer brings to the party, too. I don’t remember the Latin, but the translation read, “In the middle is best.” Years ago I saw a sign near the first tee of a golf coursethat had a phrase in Latin inscribed above its translation in English. “Plus,” says Septon, “they ride well in the front of my truck.” I used to pass shoot prairie chickens with my griff Briar, and he’d sit for an hour or more just watching and waiting.” ![]() They’ll make sure they get your attention when they want it - even if it means bringing you a dirty sock or a pair of underwear from the laundry room! They’re very affectionate, too, and remarkably patient. They’re playful and some would say comical. They really want and need to be part of their human family in a kennel setting they languish. They may not be as flashy as some of the other pointing breeds, but they get the job done and help put birds in the bag.” Adds Septon, “They’ll bend over backwards to please you. “They’re especially good at rooting pheasants out of heavy cover,” Septon notes, “and they don’t give up. Someone once described the griff as “the four-wheel drive truck of the bird dog fleet,” a description that strikes griffon enthusiast Greg Septon of Muskego, Wisconsin, as spot-on. Of course we all have our own ideas about what makes pheasant dogs pleasant and efficient - but one of the following 10 breeds ought to fill your bill. Try this on for size: “An ideal pheasant dog may be defined broadly as the one that a certain hunter will find most pleasant to follow to the spot where a pheasant is to be found, and there prove most efficient at producing it for the gun.” Well, it seems to me that with only slight modifications this could serve as a pretty good definition of what most of us are looking for in a pheasant dog. Here, for example, is his definition of the perfect grouse gun: “An ideal grouse gun may be defined broadly as the one that a certain hunter will find most pleasant to carry to the spot where a grouse is to be shot at, and there prove most efficient when the shot is made.” First published in 1941, it’s as relevant today as it was then indeed, it’s extremely rare (if not completely unknown) for those of us who write about ruffed grouse hunting to say anything important or meaningful that Foster didn’t say over 75 years ago. ![]() It would be awesome to have an unlock able like say "old dog, new tricks" where you could re-skin your dog and train them to be a different type of companion.For my money the best “how-to” bird hunting book ever written is New England Grouse Shooting by William Harnden Foster. As for adding things, it could always be a class specific dog that you need to somehow unlock.or a DLC (don't hate on me) I have no issues with them asking for a little money since they did pay someone to work on and add these things in game.AGAIN, my opinion lol I feel people should be paid for their work but I can see on the other hand how we all value our money.What it boils down to is you still have a choice.do you buy a DLC or not. I disagree! Of course this is of my own opinion, but I love the game! I hunt in real life and when I can't, I play this game to satisfy that craving. we have a darn hunting dog.why can't I use him to FLUSH them out?īecause the game is kind of bad and they very rarely go back to add and fix things that dont result in direct profit. Originally posted by ✨PainfulSecrets✨:I agree with brainsaxton. ![]()
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