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"Steady to Wing /Flush" OR "Steady to Wing shot and Fall"? There are two different camps on this topic of Upland Pointing dogs bird work..... One is dog safety as the dog is running while shots are fired and dog handling behavior. The other is fewer birds lost in thicker cover where a dog gets a better mark /locate on both wounded birds or dead birds, so a higher percentage of retrieves, thus losing fewer birds. Both camps have merit. But from strictly a hunting perspective using " Flushing dogs" the dog safety perspective is now moot because the dog is actively engaging the bird at flight and thus getting a better mark and a higher retrieval rate. So if the Flusher style of hunting is deemed an ethical hunting practice, why is "Steady to Wing" frowned on by certain Upland crowd?

Some awesome ideas on land management and reclaiming habitat.

Once known as the most iconic game bird in the South, Northern Bobwhite populations have faced major declines due to habitat loss. 🌿🌾

Bobwhite quail depend on early succession habitats like native grasses for nesting, thickets for cover, and open ground for foraging. Landowners can help restore these habitats using key management practices:

🔥 Prescribed Fire: Clears dense litter and stimulates native seed growth.

🚜 Light Disking: Rotates vegetation and exposes bare ground.

🌱 Supplemental Planting: Boosts food sources and native cover.

Learn how to manage your property for quail restoration: https://www.aces.edu/blog/topics/forestry-wildlife/bobwhite-quail-management/

There are 10's of thousands probably more of people that enjoy hunting behind dogs, and many in-which like to think they were, or are devoted to their dogs well being and field development..... But not many, on the other hand put their entire life and every part of their soul into progressing the development of hunting/gun dogs......its those individuals I have a very deep respect for. Well done Delmar!!!

Happy 100th Birthday to our 2016 T. Boone Pickens Lifetime Sportsman Award recipient, Delmar Smith! A true legend, pure bred and registered.

If only the Ontario MNR could get over it's bureaucratic bu****it and implement a recovery program for the Bob White .... just maybe we could once again see wild Quail in the province!

My dog Whisperer..... Happy 39th Anniversary + 2 of handling our K9's companions! There's been many adventures together!!

Just added high output fans with speed controllers to the girls crates today, they even got new foam crate inserts..... its a dogs life!