Sentences with phrase «flushing upland»

Not particularly handsome, it is a tireless worker and adept at flushing upland game or retrieving waterfowl.

The Boykin is another all - around hunting dog equally capable in retrieving waterfowl and flushing upland game birds.

The field springer can be trained to flush upland bird game.

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Energetic yet mild - tempered, and generally smaller than most Labradors or golden retrievers, the liver - and - white or black - and - white - patched springer spaniel is adept at flushing ruffed grouse from wooded cover, or pheasants from grassy uplands or tough cattail slough cover.

Flatcoats have been bred for flushing and retrieving upland games as well as waterfowls.

Originally a dog bred exclusively for noble families and to work with their families» falconers before guns were used in bird and small game hunting, ancestors of the Small Münsterländer (formerly the Kleiner Münsterländer Vorstehhund) had to work in upland areas to flush prey for the falcon, then allow the falcon to keep the prey until the falconer could retrieve it while the dog pointed at the catch.

However, early accounts of Airedales hunting also regularly included references to the breed's abilities as a gun dog, used to flush and retrieve a variety of upland birds and water fowl.