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Article: Springer spaniel, tops for pheasant. (dog breed excels at pheasant hunting)(Gundogs) (Column)
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- Sports Afield
- Article date:
- April 1, 1994
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When all the nominations are in for naming the single most practical, versatile gundog breed, there's sure to be dissension over a fist of multiple candidates. But ask for nomination of the greatest pheasant dog of all, and one breed wins by unanimous acclaim: the English springer spaniel.
No other gundog is more synonymous with successful ringneck hunting than this compact bundle of animation and determination. His basic job - to search out, locate, and flush pheasants and other upland gamebirds for the gun - often takes him into covers so impenetrable that even the birds sometimes have problems navigating. But, unfazable, the hunting springer bores in with the ...