CHAPTER V 
HUNTING QUAIL AND PHEASANTS 
" long as my shooting days last I shall 
never forget that first day of the 
1922 quail season when I took Byrd 
over into an adjoining state for actual work. 
Because, as you very well know, you simply 
must kill game over dogs or you will find 
it mighty difficult to finish and refine them 
for the field. If you have accustomed them 
to the general proposition of hunting and 
handling, it will not be a far cry to the 
finishing touches after you begin to kill birds 
over them. I didn’t take Byrd on that trip 
with any expectation other than to finish 
her training. I didn’t even expect to make 
it a hunting expedition. It was a training 
trip purely and simply. I mention this so 
emphatically because so many persons go 
afield with a young dog more intent upon 
their own selfish and immediate pleasure 
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