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rospigan

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06/29/2009 8:24 AM
Jerry wrote: >>>Please forgive my ignorance, but can someone define for me the meaning of a "rough shooting dog"? It's not a term I'm familiar with here in the northeastern mountains of the USA.>>> "Rough shooting" is a British term for a way to hunt small game in the "rough", meaning very covered terrain with bushes and any vegatation that is difficult to force. Hard going working springers and cockers, but also other breeds that are not afraid of hard work that may hurt a lot, are used. The dogs have to search fast and "dive" for the game so that it does not start to run around in the cover but is forced to leave by flying up or escaping by foot and expeosing themselfs for the guns/dog handlers. In Britain (also in Sweden) they have different kind of bushes, like sloan berry that is impossible for the humans to penetrate. A good spaniel will either creep under it or climp on top of it and bore down to the game and get it moving. When the game escapes either by foot or wing it will offer difficult and fun shooting. Things happens very fast and the one is occupied by having deep discussiones with his partner is not likely to shoot anything. The dogs must be very obedient to your slightest signal. They must work under the reach of a shotgun. The retrieves must be very fast and precise, a wounded rabbit for ex. is eager to get underground very fast unless caught by a spaniel fast as lightning and a crippeled pheasant can run at 30 kms per hour and vanish within seconds. The guns must shoot fast, still with great respect to safety. It is bloody fun and a great sport in other words ) The most important prerequisite to be able to have fun in this way is a lot of small game. That is what they have around the British shooting estates. Sonia perhaps knows more about the current game situation in Brittain. Torsti (120 kms north.east from Stockholm, Sweden) Borta Med Vindens Kennel www.rospigan.net "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man." /Mark Twain

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06/29/2009 12:11 PM
Re: [working-gundog] Rough shooting The most important prerequisite to be able to have fun in this way is a lot of small game. That is what they have around the British shooting estates. Sonia perhaps knows more about the current game situation in Brittain. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I used to go rough shooting with three men with guns, I worked my dogs for them. We hunted hedgerows and small coppices. Rough shooting can take place on farms and the quarry is usually rabbits or pheasants which have been put down especially for shooting. The large shooting estates use their birds for the corporate shoots or for ‘guns’ who pay a lot of money for the privilege. Spaniels are the usual chosen dogs for rough shooting, but I used German Sh. Pointers. I haven’t done any rough shooting for the last 11 years as I got tinnitus from being so near the guns. Re eating game, I used to come home with pigeon, rabbit, pheasant after the rough shooting and my husband would turn his nose up, he doesn’t like eating game. I love it! Sonia

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