Went out this afternoon for pheasant. Here is photo of my English Cocker Gus with the first rooster of 2012.

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Super photo and nice rooster. Here in the UK the black cockers are becoming very popular and we have three on my own shoot. Amazes me how they manage to get a big cock bird in the mouth never mind carry it. I dropped a big cock pheasant back into a small wooded area yesterday and although my viszla could smell something in a big patch of bramble thorn and stinging nettles, he refused to go in. Along came my friends little black cocker and no hesitation, straight in and no cock pheasant but two rabbits made a very fast exit.

Thanks Sus Scrofa. I saw after I got this black cocker, that Princes Kate had a black cocker, that she was field training. I love everything about mine but have not had any clean clothes for the last two years since getting him. I was later told you can own a springer but you wear the cocker.

I think the fact the Duchess of Cambridge has a nice black cocker spaniel is the opposite to what normally happens with celebrities. She had the dog because IT was the celebrity, not the other way around. I'm sure it is the same in the States, people see some celeb with a dog or cat or whatever and have got to have one themseleves. The brilliant little spaniels where popular here well before the Duchess arrived on the scene. I'm sure it will get plenty of work on the Royal shooting days this year.

hey/nice photo.
I just got back from SW North Dakota. We were hunting pheasants for 5 days .It was great We run shorthairs for the pheasants.
cuz

Thanks Cuz. When you were in ND were you hunting on public land? I would like to do a trip to ND, but on the cheap, so I would be looking at the walk-in or public hunting.

we were on mostly private,although there are some good public places. still some good folks out there if you spend some time asking around you might find some good private land for free.
cuz

OVERALL how is the overall numbers of birds

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1965 444
1970 444
1990 444ss
2007 444
2007 450xlr
2001 45/70
1977 1894 44 Mag
1978 1894 44 Mag
2006 1894 SS 44 Mag