Sentences with phrase «hunting woodcock in»

The Cocker Spaniel gets its name from the older variety's history of hunting woodcock in England.

The word cocker is commonly held to stem from their use to hunt woodcock in England.

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Throughout the 19th and early 20th century in Britain, smaller dogs in the same litter would be used to hunt woodcock; they were called «cockers.»

The Cocker Spaniel was named so for his excellence in the field hunting woodcock.

The smaller land spaniels, who specialized in hunting woodcock, were eventually called Cocker Spaniels.

They were originally bred in England to hunt woodcock and rabbits, and still do, so they need to be able to penetrate thick cover, but they have adapted equally well to the wide open plains of the Midwest.

In some geographic locations they also participate in quail and woodcock hunts as well as acting as retrievers from the dove blindIn some geographic locations they also participate in quail and woodcock hunts as well as acting as retrievers from the dove blindin quail and woodcock hunts as well as acting as retrievers from the dove blinds.

«Cocker» comes from «Woodcock», one of the game birds that the English Cocker Spaniels were bred to hunt for in the undergrowth.

While the larger spaniels where used for springing game, the smaller Cocker was used for hunting in the dense bushes for woodcock — this is how the name «Cocker» came about.