My problem with 'put and take' and I'm a bit embarrassed to admit to, but my bird dogs are not broke enough to handle those birds in a gentlemanly fashion.......they catch them. Any bird dog man knows that is the fastest thing in the world to set a bird dog back. I don't field trial so I don't give a hoot if my dogs are that well broke....they can't catch wild birds. I've got a little pointer that is an outstanding grouse dog, but not totally broke, at least not to wing and definitely not to shot. A friend of mine talked me into entering his Ruffed grouse society 'fun trial'. What a joke. We used pheasants, hens that supposedly don't run as bad; well my fine little grouse dog caught 2 of them, and I'm sure she would have caught more had I given her the chance. Problem is....in this day and age about all a lot of people have are put and take. Given that scenario, it's not all bad given the poor alternative which is NO hunting.
Except that it isn't
hunting, buzz. It's just shooting a feathered target. The dog handlers know within a few yards where all the birds are. They just
act like they're hunting them.
SRH
