Royal Flush in the Field
The smile on Francois van der Walt’s face says it all. His bird dog Bonnie casts gracefully through the knee-high veld, back and forth like a fast-speed windscreen wiper, nose high in search of scent. The white and liver-freckled pointer puts on a dazzling show.
Suddenly, the galloping gundog slams to a halt and wheels into the breeze. She wags her tail and wiggles her haunches. The intoxicating scent of game wafts up her nose and triggers a frenetic response. Dogs like Bonnie live for moments like this… to hunt, find birds and please their owners. “She’s making game,” Francois shouts in bird-dog parlance.
Bonnie weaves delicately through the high grass and builds with excitement until she marks the squatting bird and anchors to a crouched point. Francois creeps
