“I moved from Chattanooga to Fairhope last night. My cousins and uncles live here and I came down during summers and spring breaks. I am studying to be a pilot so I can fly my dogs out West. Getting this license is more difficult than I thought. Flying is the easy part. l take my dogs hunting in Montana, Oklahoma, and Kansas. My dad and I duck hunted and I bought a dog when I left Auburn. I sent her to training to be a duck hunter, but she wasn’t that great at it. I started training her on quail and upland and she had a knack for that. This one is a duck machine and he just wants to please you. The gray on his face is when he can’t please you and he stresses out about it. If a ball goes on the other side of the fence and he can’t get it, he freaks out. He is 110 pounds and a badass. He does everything by hand signals. They are a team who work together. They all have their strengths. One ranges out a little further, one stays in close, one picks up the birds. We sweep the fields. This past year I walked 195 miles for eight birds in Montana. They ran 1,000 miles apiece. Grouse hunting isn’t for everyone. They are really smart birds.