AS ANYONE who has ever owned working-bred springer spaniels will confirm, a passion for pheasants is hardwired into their DNA. Though it took place 40 years ago, I still remember my first springer puppy’s reaction to meeting a pheasant. She was a mere 14 weeks old and enjoying an off-lead foray on a local farm. Suddenly her tail started feathering at twice the normal rate, her nose went down and her hunting reached an intensity I’d never witnessed before. Seconds later she nosed up her first cock pheasant, which
A dog with pheasant fever
Oct 12, 2023
3 minutes
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