Dryfork Bird Dogs
His Setters are well known locally and nationally for their style and bird-finding ability. Steves gun dogs have a strong influence from CH Grid Iron, CH Awsum in Motion, CH The Insider, CH Tamoka, and other dogs that havent won like Harbor City Hummer and ZZ Top who have added their own influence to the line.
Dryfork continues the goals set by Steve in trying to improve the breed with each litter. Our Setters are known primarily for their style in motion, staunch points with 12 oclock tails. Some of our dogs are trained to point to wing and shot, while others are finished gun dogs. All the dogs are biddable and have the ability to run big or work a five-acre field. Our competitive dogs have been placed in Walking Trial competitions.
We have added to our kennel both German Shorthairs (by popular demand) and English Pointers for their intense points and athleticism. Our pointer line was developed with influences from Nat. CH Millers Dialed In, HOF Nat. CH Whippoorwill Wild Again, and Class Act Stud.
When you purchase a puppy from our lines of gun dogs you can be certain youre getting a dog bred for the field, with natural hunting instincts and ability. When you buy a proven dog, whether started or finished; you can count on an honest assessment of the dogs abilities, with no exaggerations. We will provide you a video of the dog in action to prove it.
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Tall Timbers: Burning Down the House
I’ve heard of folks figuring out the price tag on costs to raise wild quail, but I don’t know of anyone who has kept track of the amount of time that goes into the breeding, training and developing of a championship gun dog. Both are significant. Take that dog number, multiply it by 55, and you’ll have one heck of a lot of hours all represented in the dogs that qualified to run across 28 braces in the February 2025 National Championship for Bird Dogs held at Ames Plantation. The first brace of this 126-year old Super Bowl caliber event commenced on February 10th . The final brace ran over two weeks later on February 27, and during that time weather conditions ranged from a soggy, below-freezing 22 degrees Fahrenheit day to a 75-degree Fahrenheit sweat lodge. If you don’t like the weather in Grand Junction then wait five minutes.
And the Birds Whistled Bob-white
Quail hunting in the South has always been as common as sunburn. Due to the fertile soil, flat and rolling coastal plains that are cut by long rivers and dotted with lakes and ponds, made for a perfect farming. Mild winters with hot, humid summers meant crops grew for longer times of the year than just about any other part of the country. Cotton, rice, peanuts, tobacco, peaches, sugar cane, watermelons, and indigo, the blue dye that comes from the plant, were staples. It didn't matter if the farming occurred on plantations several thousand acres big or on 50-acre tenant farms, one thing was for sure. Quail were abundant.
Bird Hunting Partners
Few living today knew the days of wild bird (quail) hunting on foot on ordinary farms across much of America. I did, and it kept me sane and gave me much joy.
