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Winter 2018- Celebrating 100 Years of South Dakota Pheasant Hunting•
When Pheastival Was King
Grouse Woods BaptismTheDisplay until JULY 2019Upland Almanac
Summer 2019®
Off the Leash: Irish Red and White Setters
Coteau des PrairiesPheasants at 100: South Dakota
Woodcock Banding: An Effective
Management Tool
Hungarian Partridge Section 799.2:
in Ohioquickly, hitching it up in her mouth and bringing it back.
Joining my companion, I showed him the bird. It was a male (revealed by the
long tail, subtle markings on the feathers of the lower back, and a reddish cast
to the skin above the eye), and a bird of the year (discernible in the wear and
tear on the two terminal wing primaries). We fanned the reddish-brown tail and
admired the iridescent green-black shoulder ruffs. Then, with daylight fading, we
swung around through the bottom of the covert and hunted back toward the car.
My friend’s spaniel was working closer to him now; finally she came in almost to
heel. Trial dogs are accustomed to going full tilt for brief periods, and this bitch,
although a fine performer and in excellent condition, was perhaps confused at
being allowed to run freely for more than a few minutes.
We were spread out, my partner and his dog to the right, Jenny looping out
to the left and swinging back in toward the gun. Neither dog actually flushed the
grouse: It must have felt trapped in the pincers movement we were unknowingly
executing. It flew straight up (an unusual move for a grouse), cleared the trees, and
hurtled back over my head. I swung my barrels upward and shot with my body
extended beyond the vertical, leaning back to catch the bird in the pattern. Down it
came with a thump. Jenny fetched.
The field trial man was impressed. (I was impressed. I think it was the
second time in my life that I had killed two grouse with two shots in under ten
minutes, a fact I did not bother sharing.) The second grouse was also a male,
another bird of the year, quite likely from the same brood as the first. By now the
sun was below the ridge; I pouched the grouse, and we finished our hunt. Back
at the car, my companion snapped a flash picture of Jenny, me, and the birds. He
nodded at the grouse, a rueful half-smile on his lips. “I’ve got a yellow ribbon,”
he said, referring to the prize he had won at the field trial. “You’ve got a brace of
grouse.”
Up until now, other rotomolded
kennels we’ve noticed have traditional
“wire crate”-type doors. Both the
KennelUP and the G1 have heavy-
duty, firmly latching and lockable
doors. Perhaps it works only on a
psychological level, but the click of
these doors when they close is satisfying
and assuring.
The doors also point out another
difference between the two kennels.
The KennelUp comes completely built,
the door already situated in the opening
of the one-piece box. If you want to
change the direction in which the door
opens, simply retract the hinge pins
and flip the door over. The G1 arrives
in three pieces: the top and bottom,
which must be bolted together, and
the doorframe, which must be bolted
in place. Changing the door’s opening
direction requires a screwdriver and
several minutes of work.
If you’ve decided to take the step
into the latest in dog travel kennels, we
feel you can’t go wrong with either of
these choices.799.2
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A Closer Look
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