CHAPTER VIII 
STEADYING TO SHOT AND WING 
S OON after the pheasant season closed 
in Ohio, I packed up again for some 
more quail shooting. Up to this 
time all of my efforts with Byrd had been 
bent chiefly upon the finding and pointing 
of game. From now on must occur the little 
refinements and the straightening out of in¬ 
consistencies in her work so as to turn her 
into a fully finished shooting dog. The first 
thing I noticed when we got back on quail 
was that she was “breaking shot” badly. 
She found and pointed her coveys in good 
shape, but the minute we would flush and 
shoot, away she would go like the wind after 
them. Of course, this was not to be toler¬ 
ated. It can cause you a lot of trouble, 
especially when among scattered birds. Sev¬ 
eral times when we had birds scattered, and 
she would make a point, and on flush would 
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