Home Forums Birds & Dogs Hunting Dogs Best hunting Dog

Nice looking setters.

I used to have a tri-color, great dog that could run forever. Nothing was too thick for him to bust through. Big broad chest and shoulders. A great companion.

I can remember picking burs out of his coat for hours, it would be so tangled after a hunt. He would get really indignant when I would have to cut them out.

i've posted these pics before, but...

[img:center][/img]

[img:center][/img]

[img:center][/img]


the girl in the last pic is 25 now... we had her son's (my grandbaby!) 1st birthday party yesterday....

The pointer is "Mississippi Rifle".

Squirt and Bodie Are "Tekoa Mountain/Smith" breeding.

I had a little female pointer years ago out of "Doublecross Slim" and a ale out of Elhew/Hooks Bounty Hunter". Both were beautiful dogs, all were a handfull especially the Mississippi Rifle dogs.

Forgot to put Otis in here. He was "Pork Roll" on top and "Bases Loaded" on the bottom.

Here is one of my mine.

Chester a English Setter.

This is mine, I refer to him as my midlife crisis. Picking him up on Saturday. Never trained a bird dog, but it should be fun.

My favorite breed of dog is easily the German Shepherd dog.
They can and will do anything any breed of dog is capable of.
I presently own 2 GSD's.
My favorite hunting dog however is also a easy pick.
It is the English springer spaniel.
I do alot of upland game hunting and I have yet to find the ESP's equal.
I hear alot of people talk about their individual dogs and the occasional one thats exceptional, but I've owned alot of Springer's and I have yet to own one that isn't a fantastic bird dog.
You do have to be careful and get a puppy from hunting NOT show stock however because the show stock have had almost all of the hunting instincts bred out.(in favor of the looks)
Just my opinion your's may vary.
Eric

me and old reliable.....BUCK. I hunted over him for 12 years. he was a great one.




then I replaced him with this little hunting machine. I was fortunate enough to let buck hunt with her a bit what that did was settle her down a bunch. he was becoming very slow and methodical about finding birds, she picked up onit and has become utterly amazing. I can honestly say that buck was the most pushbutton dog I have ever seen, but cali just does her thing and should never be secnd guessed.....if she points, BE READY




[img]http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z16/gyonemura/1123080951.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z16/gyonemura/jennascamerachrismas08032.jpg[/img]

High Country,

Looks like your pup is growing up.

I see that some dogs show up more than once. I never did show any pics with birds.....

A few mearns quail hunts





Nothing like hunting with a dog! Keep those pics coming.

I love to see the variety of dogs!

Maggie the Toller!