vintage dog trucks

Dave Kress said:

The post about the bird dogs in the trunk gave me a chuckle. In the 60’s my English Setter would go to high school and be tied to the car- I ve was excused from class more than several times to put him in the trunk if got to raining or was too cold
Also there was a shotgun or two laying in the backseat ( this stuff wouldn’t happen today) of course we lived in a small town in rural Tennessee another of my friends took his beagles to school and particularly if it was short day.

Marty ( the wife) whom many of you know went on many dates with the bird dog in the trunk. One time we were “ parking” and she heard something. The dog was snoring.
Another time

How life may have different if she had took offense - the dog was pretty good for a kids dog and the wife turned out alright also
Still got the wife

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Chris Atkinson said:

Thanks for writing this Dave. This post made me feel really happy.

Lots of lucky dogs and some lucky people were covered in this piece you wrote yesterday.

- Chris

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Dave Kress said:

So # 20. There s been some fine pointers come out of Bama. That short coat was better for warm days as they didn’t heat up and those long legs could cover some territory.
Last bird dog story ( for now); in 1968 I was 20 years old , married 1 year and had a blue collar welders job. My wife Marty for our first anniversary bought me a setter that I wanted. In May of 68 she paid $2500 for an orange ticked setter out of a recent National Champ Crockett’s Rocket. Davy as he was called was 2 years old and a bird machine. For the next several years I worked 8 months and chased a bird dog for 4 months. I lived in my 66 el Camino and a tent. And she bought the dog for me. Bills didn’t always get paid on time but that monthly $50 payment to the bank for the dog was always early. I found out years later that my mother co signed the dog loan
In those days there was a saying “ A man should count himself lucky if he’s had one good bird dog and 1 good wife in his life”
I m lucky cause I had the dog and still got the wife”

If you were at the house there’s a special place where a old hunting vest hangs and Davy’s lead. I look at it most days . My bird gun was and still is a Remington Model 17 20 ga with a 24” skeet barrel and a vent rib
Factory made in 1930 or 31. My favorite load was a 2 3/4 1oz shot with 9’s. Would go to 6’s on pheasants

I bought a place in Ga a couple of years ago. We have 4 wild bird coveys and one of the reasons we didn’t go North this summer is so I can watch and listen to those birds. The real decision is ; is it a setter or a Brittany coming to the dog truck

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Dave Kress said:

So # 20. There s been some fine pointers come out of Bama. That short coat was better for warm days as they didn’t heat up and those long legs could cover some territory.
Last bird dog story ( for now); in 1968 I was 20 years old , married 1 year and had a blue collar welders job. My wife Marty for our first anniversary bought me a setter that I wanted. In May of 68 she paid $2500 for an orange ticked setter out of a recent National Champ Crockett’s Rocket. Davy as he was called was 2 years old and a bird machine. For the next several years I worked 8 months and chased a bird dog for 4 months. I lived in my 66 el Camino and a tent. And she bought the dog for me. Bills didn’t always get paid on time but that monthly $50 payment to the bank for the dog was always early. I found out years later that my mother co signed the dog loan
In those days there was a saying “ A man should count himself lucky if he’s had one good bird dog and 1 good wife in his life”
I m lucky cause I had the dog and still got the wife”

If you were at the house there’s a special place where a old hunting vest hangs and Davy’s lead. I look at it most days . My bird gun was and still is a Remington Model 17 20 ga with a 24” skeet barrel and a vent rib
Factory made in 1930 or 31. My favorite load was a 2 3/4 1oz shot with 9’s. Would go to 6’s on pheasants

I bought a place in Ga a couple of years ago. We have 4 wild bird coveys and one of the reasons we didn’t go North this summer is so I can watch and listen to those birds. The real decision is ; is it a setter or a Brittany coming to the dog truck

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