NO COUNTRY FOR OLD DOGS

 
By Hal McKnight
Published: March 23, 2008

Zuni swept across the rolling prairie like a bolt of lightning.

The female English Setter jumped over a yucca cactus, scented a covey of bobwhite quail, and landed like a statue in a perfect point.

As the birds flushed, I harvested a double. I gave my dog a big pat on the head as she completed her retrieve. That wonderful memory occurred 13 years ago.

Early this fall, I took Zuni on a quail hunt in Wheeler C...


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