Thread: Game bird diary for all

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

my old pig hunting mate had an awesome bitch Sue..she was half lab half ridgeback...mean on cattle or pigs,hard as hell..but soft around kids and if flappers were in a pond she would go in and retrieve them without breaking feathers...parrie flappers would dive under to escape,SUE would dive under too and chase them and catch them UNDER WATER..... nearly 40 years ago now but I can stil lsee it clear as.

when i met GSPFhe had a unique goose retreival unit a bloody 4legged d8"elvis(by rottweiller x GSP)aka by roamin catholic x opportunity. He reumbled like a d8warming up and pigheaded yep once on the retrieve nothing or noone broke his concentration til lhe reappeared load secured in huge bloody jaws."Red" a gsp was his understudy-my mate and the bane of elvis/gspfs tolerance .shed be bird down and Red would be eager to leave the maimai whining as they dso -ewlvis'big frame would fillthe doorway and yep reds neck would get leant on to a snarled get back from the shooter.back on my pack hed sit lookin for sympathy.one day it happened -a cxocky goose answering GSPfs seductive come hump me call fell to the deadly wee 20g weilded with skill... both dogs exited maimai at warp speed on the job -Elvis on seeing the carcasse .dropped arse slid to a halt -red impacted and scooped it up.elvis me rely looked turned and walked back leaving red to drag it back!! Alas both dogs are gone ,Elvis to incurable kidney disease and Red whod really come into his prime accidentally drowned in a culvert in the RDR.It broke all of our hearts . two bloody mighty characters whom illnever ever forget.