I used to do it all "by the book" with our dogs, mostly WPGs. Most were good pointers, and one was a genius on wild chuckar. She knew just how close to crowd a covey to make them squat and pause. They moved a bit; she moved a bit, until I caught up and we flushed them. BTW, I never trained them to be steady of wing and shot. 90% of the birds we hunted were chuckar, and it was a good idea to have the dog under the bird as it fell to the ground...lol

Now at my age I just like to see the goofballs out having a great time, and if they bust some birds, or we walk over some due to terrible scenting conditions, well ...so what?

Have fun with your dogs however you chose. wink

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