went for armed wander up local river..had five parries give me long range fly by..not close enough to tempt a load of #3s in their direction though... saw one hare... the quail that were around in December were nowhere to be seen and no sign of a mallard at all..still was good walk with both dogs.Poppy does the sweep back n forth across in front of me inside shotgun range with almost zero imput from me..just odd single whistle if she ranges too far,or sees bird and decides she better follow it..... happy but testing times ahead I feel.
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