There are very few books about springers or other flushing gundogs. Pointers are supposed to allow you the time to wax poetic about their regal nature as you anticipate for the oncoming flush of the 'king' of gamebirds. This has lead to a great literary and art tradition...featuring pointers. I'm surprised there isn't more literature about labs because there are the seemingly necessary lulls in the blinds waiting for flocks or singles to come in. Maybe upland hunting just so solitary a pursuit that it leads to an internal monologue that translates well to print.
I admit to loving the stuff as much as the next guy in tweed and peruse antique stores in hopes of finding a forgotten AB Frost print such as this:
Hunting behind a flushing breed, especially one 'on the edge', requires you to focus on too many things at once to develop an internal monologue any more complex than the one your dog is probably having. Despite popular convention, multitasking is a myth.
That's why I get so engaged with running spaniels in the UK and the videos that comes from there:
Invariably these are not solo hunts/shoots, so there is not really any way to do this on my scale. There is obviously the camera operator in addition to the dog operator. Nevertheless they are an interesting look at running trained spaniels.
I admit to loving the stuff as much as the next guy in tweed and peruse antique stores in hopes of finding a forgotten AB Frost print such as this:
Hunting behind a flushing breed, especially one 'on the edge', requires you to focus on too many things at once to develop an internal monologue any more complex than the one your dog is probably having. Despite popular convention, multitasking is a myth.
That's why I get so engaged with running spaniels in the UK and the videos that comes from there:
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