That's pretty bad. byw, buddy guides at a pheasant farm. has has several thousands of birds shot over these POINTERS, and he and I hunt the 'farm' LOTS. 300 probably pretty low estimate on bird kills.... You're a real SickO. Showing your ignorance some more, aren't you??
....and there is the rest of the story. If they were good Springers, then on the "Pheasant farm" they caught a lot of the stocked birds-which for the most part hang around too long for their own good-which PO'd the paying customers since they didn't get any shooting. Soooo, your friend forced or encouraged them to point instead of bore in with a hard flush. It can be done, however they are no longer Springers.
Ohio is a hot bed of field Springers and Cockers. Take one of those dogs you hunt over and put them in a trial for Springers. Trials are one thing, hunting another. However, the field trial lines for the most part are the foundation of the Dogs us hunters use, They will pull a pointing Springer off the field with their first contact. Why? Ask the boys there and you will be told again that Springers are meant to flush their birds aggressively. Preserve birds don't cut it in the real world and shooting 300 birds on a preserve is no big deal as long as you can pay the man.
