
A Rough-Shooting Dog is the compelling account of a man and his best friend--an English springer spaniel named Jenny. The author chronicles the training and first hunting season of his beloved canine friend and hunting companion, taking the reader into the field in pursuit of woodcock, pheasant, and grouse--noting that the two are a team and must work closely together in order to be successful hun...
Paperback: 248 pages
Publisher: Lyons Press (August 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 159228857X
ISBN-13: 978-1592288571
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 1199814
Format: PDF ePub Text djvu ebook
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This was a great purchase, and I am grateful for someone who suggested this book in a review of another of Charles Fergus's books, "A Hunter's Book of Days". It relates this hunter's first year with his Springer Spaniel, from finding a suitable litt...
s discusses the roughshoots: cattail slough, beaver pond, alder jungle, and old orchards--all the while teaching the reader a little about life.It is a book about the dramas, joys, and frustrations of hunting with a dog--and a reflection about land, wildlife, and the ways in which these facets of the natural world can be experienced fully through upland bird hunting. A Rough-Shooting Dog won't disappoint.