Casual dog/bird pictures 2017---Happy Times!

That one perfect moment, when you see the dog 15 yards away, locked up tight, follow the sight line and see in front of you, 5 yards away, a cock pheasant's eye shining black as it does an "up periscope" watching you approach. The sun shines on the gleaming black head, slope of the land has the dog away and lower than the section where the bird is and, in a single glance, you can see perfect dog, perfect bird, Fall colors absorbing the reflected light, and the barrel of your shotgun just at the edge of your vision.

Only other time I can remember the entire scene is from staged magazine covers of national magazines, deliberately evocative for any hunter once seen.

Tinker, and life, came together.View attachment 7574

(It helps that I hit the bird to make a great moment. I wish I could have taken a picture AND taken the bird. I still have the memory.)
 
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Great photos. Nothing like a successful day afield with your loyal hard-working dog.
 
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