Getting the point
A bird dog’s nose leaves footloose sportsman flush with fulfillment, even when shy of a limit
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Scout, an English setter, pauses for a moment of satisfaction after pointing and retrieving a ring-necked pheasant.
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Ranger, Rich Landers' Brittany, drops a dead quail he was retrieving as he spins around on the way back to the hunter to point another bird.
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John Roland of Spokane creeps to the edge of a creek where his Brittany, Zuni, is clinging to the steep bank while pointing a pheasant is thick cover.
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Following a bird dog's nose through the Eastern Washington channeled scablands promises a new adventure every trip. Pictured is Rich Landers' Brittany, Ranger, pointing quail on public land west of Spokane.
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Bird dogs enjoy spectacular landscapes, but they also face a number of hazards such as barbed wire as they race through farm fields, grazing land and scablands. ORG XMIT: vWZGQwfZ3P0g9XzGNEi8
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A spruce grouse in North Idaho is caught in the open at the edge of a creek with a point by Rich Landers' Brittany, Ranger.
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Tim Hood braces for an explosion of wings as he approaches cover hiding a covey of valley quail found and pointed by Rich Landers' English setter, Scout.
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Hunters form a close bond to their bird dogs from hours of training and time in the field.
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Rich Landers says he's easily persuaded by his dog's pleading eyes and enthusiasm to get out of the house and into the bird hunting fields, even in snowy, awful weather.
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Rich Landers' Brittany, Ranger, holds point on a pheasant hiding in cover along a Palouse farmland while a hunter approaches. ORG XMIT: SLU07Vf5QFyDx9qvVqme
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Hunting along Whitman County wheat stubble, Ranger, a Brittany, retrieves a rooster pheasant. Ring-neck pheasants, a natural marvel of colorful design, were introduced from China to the United States in the late 1800s to become a wildly popular game bird. ORG XMIT: 2_pBrsd3ICR9VJjhPCmr
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