| N O R T H S T R E A M - pointers & setters - Hunting - Fishing - Diving |
July 2010
| Barentsviddas Hardy du Cost a'lot with 1x1st, 2x2nd in Iceland trials. |
This hunting season, like the last one, I've been
focusing mainly on upland game. In New Zealand that
primarily means pheasant, brown and californian quail.
focusing mainly on upland game. In New Zealand that
primarily means pheasant, brown and californian quail.
Apparently the NZ trial circuit (which I quit a few years ago) were up trialing in some
of the same terrain just before hunting season started, hardly finding any birds. It
was the same last time they ran the trials in the far north. To me it just confirms what
I've always thought, that it's completely off the mark to promote pointers & setters
running like spaniels, and to only run competitive knock-out trials at all levels (not
only at championship level). At novice and open levels they should, for the sake of
breeding, be run as quality assessment of each dog running - not as a knock-out.
of the same terrain just before hunting season started, hardly finding any birds. It
was the same last time they ran the trials in the far north. To me it just confirms what
I've always thought, that it's completely off the mark to promote pointers & setters
running like spaniels, and to only run competitive knock-out trials at all levels (not
only at championship level). At novice and open levels they should, for the sake of
breeding, be run as quality assessment of each dog running - not as a knock-out.
| The first three birds of the season, a cali, a brownie and a rooster. |
| The situation above is from the second day of the opening weekend. After having spread a covey of Californian quail both Line & Bella went on point next to a fallen tree. I took the first photo standing by the tree stump in the second photo before Craig and I went up and shot a bird each. The dogs pictured with the cock & hen birds in the second photo. |
