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Just wondering who else hunts with an English Setter? Don't see many pictures of them. Love seeing them work.
Add your stories/ pictures here.
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Dam : Uplanders Contessa............2002-1015
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Sire : 4xCH Shady Hills Billy ( deceased and owned by the Forman brothers / N.Y.
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Uplanders Little Lady ( on top) :)... litter planned by Ugo
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Uplanders Little Lady 10 years old
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Beautiful dogs Fins Fur Feathers.
So where are the rest of you? Shy or none out there
I posted photos above a couple weeks ago.
For some reason they've disappeared and I can't seem to solve the issue.
Suggestions?
Did you delete them from a photobucket album ? IF you did they will disappear from wherever else you posted them.
No I loaded them from my computer.
Ahhh, the wonders of technology.
Guess we'll have to get together and actually run the dogs if you want to see 'em. :)
For some reason, the "Insert Image" function which worked in the past, is not working. ........sorry. ???
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All I know is that Setters are beautiful dogs. If my wife ever lets us become a two hunting dog family, ( as opposed to a hunting dog, and a couch potato)....then a Setter will be on my list, although not sure if it'd be English, Irish, or Gordon.
Not that bad of an idea. Should make a Setter appreciation day at Hullet. Preferred time for me would be the week before the first controlled deer hunt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim Tufts
From Hunger's Prevention: or, The Whole Art of Fowling by Water and Land, by Gervase Markham, published 1655.
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The tail and ears look right but that's about all. Hopefully the dogs looked better than the picture. :)
I think it might prove setters evolved from sheep. :)
Baaaahd drawing. Ewe know what I mean? I wool try to find you a better picture.
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This was my favorite from the 2015 season. Damp, cool October morning. Dog worked like a champ. Birds were in. Shooting was on:)
Awesome yet doesn't look like a setter to me :confused: . Maybe a setter would-like-to-be?:silly:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigeoneater5000
Great picture! Could be a setter, but who cares with a fine companion like that. :)
As I said Awesome however Being a shout out to other setter owners.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharon
Could start a new thread "Shout out to other Woodcock hunters" though
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Originally Posted by finsfurfeathers
Cant afford a purebread lol
She s half English setter so I figured I'd post anyway.
Than you qualify with my apologies. Looked like a poodle pointer to me and a nice one to boot. Nothing wrong with a mutt my last dog was an english setter/english pointer cross that was a woodcock's worst nightmare. Used a .410 that day to give them a sporting chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigeoneater5000
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Current protègèè is an unpapered $400 dog.
You're a darn good shot if you're shooting woodcock with a .410 :thumbup:
Actually would rate myself mediocre shot at best. Thing is dog was a machine on woodcock. She would find and point them even if they weren't there some days thought of using a fly swatter. Her only weakness mouth like a vise grip render anything meatballs. So deal was she finds, points, locates fallen bird and I'd pick it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharon
My Britt picks up woodcock then usually spits them out. Only bird he does that with. Dumbazz but he's my little buddy.
Nineteenth century dog writers called this cross a Dropper, and almost invariably panned its hunting abilities -- but they were all terrible breed snobs who thought the Clumber Spaniel was the best hunting breed going, so we can take them with a grain of salt. On the other hand, Droppers had enough fans that they actually had a name.Quote:
Originally Posted by finsfurfeathers
Now isn't that interesting.
My first bird dog was a setter, defintely a bird finding machine ... maybe my next dog!! And since we are talking woodcock, here is a pic from 2013 (one of the best years for woodcock in recent times) ... pretty much trained Tessa on them that year as she wasy a very young pup that Fall.
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Here is my latest - a proven grouse dog out of exceptional grouse dog breeding.
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Welsh you are a virtual encyclopedia....or should I say, Google source? Always enjoy your offerings.
Zeus telling me, "That one's gone. Get over here...there's another one! Man....I can't believe I have to suffer this guy!?!?!"
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By pure coincidence, over the past few weeks I've been reading up the origins of spaniels, which is inseparable from the origins of setters. (I admit I have strange habits.)
I found the sheep-like setter I posted above most interesting ... you can see feathering depicted on tail, hindquarters, and lower legs. This is a depiction of the same "setting spaniel" mentioned as early as 1387 (in French), so I take it to mean that spaniels and setters quite similar to our own were among the oldest varieties of European dogs. English setter hunters are heir to a 600-year tradition, which is surely worth a shout out. :)
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Originally Posted by Ugo
Beautiful pic Ugo. What is the breeding on that dog Zeus?
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Sharon, Zeus is related to your 2 girls. Years ago, when I bred my Smith-setter to Zyggi's Grouse Magic we got my Emma (Uplander's Stardust)and 4 other pups. Emma's littermate (Uplander's Heaven Scent) went to Ottawa. That girl was bred to Makris Barilla Jake (Silver Valley Elvis X Snake Eyes). Only 1 pup survived. This is he, "Zeus" - now 5. He is the spitting image of Zyggi's Grouse Magic "Auggie" - probably THE finest setter I have ever had the fortune to be a part of. "Auggie" ran the pro circuit under George/Mike Tracy.
There are plans for a breeding of Zeus to Walking Champion Zyggi's Dixie Magic. These should be iconic "grouse" dogs for the most discriminating wild bird palate. The greatest strength in this breeding aside from oozing style, delightful personalities, is their nose. Both Dixie and Zeus just seem to find birds even when the odds don't favour them, as did their predecessors. Uncanny....hard to explain, yet undeniable.
I could tell stories of these dogs but it would be more like a book. :) Suffice to say, pointing birds is such a singular aspect of legendary bird dogs that enrich our lives with memories forever etched in our minds.
Thanks. This appears to be almost line breeding but not quite. What are your thoughts on that?
PS Others feel free to participate on your thoughts on line breeding and out crosses.
Incidentally, I just discovered that a Dropper took third place in the first field trial ever held in North America, at Memphis, Tennessee, on Oct. 8, 1874. The dog's name was Guido, owner/handler W.A. Wheatley. First and second place went to Setters. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by welsh
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That link is amazing. The American field trial scene has a very long history. Thanks :)
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KISS THE SKY aka Jeb will be terrorizing the birds up north for the next five days. Grand sired by Hamilton's Blue Diamond and Grid Iron with an infusion of high octane running through his veins from Blue Bell Slugger line.
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That's a great breeding!! Enjoy.
Doing what they do best.
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Another fine day
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