JKP wrote:Good word!!! Poke a little fun and folks go ballistic!!
Owning a gun is a RIGHT....hunting is a privilege...taking home everything you shoot is the responsibility that goes with it, IMO. I think its safe to say we all pretty much agree with that. So let the games we play demonstrate it. If we were having this discussion where the term FIELD TRIAL did not appear, everyone would agree. When we point out that the pinnacle of "field dogdom" does not incorporate any meaningful retrieve into its titles and priorities, folks get all worked up. We don't need dogs to retrieve 95% of the birds shot...we do for the other 5%...and in some cases you better have a good one with you...or hope that the mules and the cart are too far away
We've heard time and again that these dogs are the definition of cooperation and desire...shouldn't be a problem.
I've been hearing the "Lederhosen" jibes for years...doesn't bother me.
Nough said.
Now JKP, you didn't think you were gonna get by with the last cheap shot...diddja?? Not a chance bubby.
ike you said... Poke a little fun and some folks go ballistic. Seems to me the one that went off into the intergalacitic void first was you my dear sir.
I got one for you too... If you can't handle the heat, stay outta the kitchen.
But First ...I have a question??? Just WHO is "we"? YOU said that when "WE" point out something or other... I only see your ruminations, aso i would like to know who is "WE"??
Now...for the rest of the story( DANG - Always wanted to write that!!)
You stated:
"If we were having this discussion where the term FIELD TRIAL did not appear, everyone would agree."
I sincerely doubt that. Heck, the folks on this board can't all agree on just about ANY subject from which dog to use, to which style shotgun, to which gauge to which shot size for a particular species of bird...and I think that is AWESOME. back a little ways you would have saddled me wityh a gunbearer and two side by side British doubles. Not me Bud. I'd send the gunbearer back to his country of origin and sell BOTH of those fancy double guns. Probably have enough money to buy an F-450, a honkin' big LQ trailer and another couple of pointers.
Maybe I'd even have enough money left over so's I could send my best FDSB pointing dog off to Force Fetch school. I am glad that you had the good taste to admit that AF trials are the pinnacle of field dogdom. Or were you just being sarcastic?? Naaaah. You wouldn't do that.
It is cold and nasty here and the wind is whistling through the trees at about 25 mph, so I have no burning desire to go out and train dogs...or much of anything else. Maybe you could tell???
BTW, I would not look good in lederhosen. Especially not with a "versatile" dog gnawing on a lower extremity.
Darn things gotta be drafty too.
Have a great day.
RayG