An Elitist Sport- maybe not!
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Around here, Big Game hunting takes priority over birds anytime. A lot of grouse here are casualties of deer hunters. It's been difficult getting hunters to "respect" grouse and hunt them with a dog and shotgun instead of shooting them out of the middle of the road with a 22....or bigger. So, for the 3 years Dan was guiding grouse hunts with the local outfitter, he donated a days hunt with a Gordon Setter, to our local charity auction. All 3 times the hunts brought a good amount of money for the charity and 6 people all together learned about grouse hunting with bird dogs. One of which was a 9 year old boy. They enjoyed the dogs and the bragging rights after bagging a grouse or two. I took a few pics of them with the days birds and made them 8X10's. It was a great experience for them all. And, our local charity received some much needed funds.
My friend, Glen, and I are setting up an outline of a seminar for me. Still in its infancy, the idea is to speak to field trial/AKC/hunt test groups about the mechanics of how to put "paws on the ground and birds in the bag" as Glen said. At this moment, we may be all dressed up with nowhere to go. I know the people are out there, though. We'll keep plodding along.
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