EPIC weekend

We visited the EPIC Outdoor Game Fair at Foxhall Resort & Sporting Club near Douglasville, Georgia. We arrived in time for the Eukanaba presentation on flushing spaniels. The presentation reinforced the more modern canine behavioral theories of fun, fair, firm; with the emphasis on the first two. Often in training the perceived misbehavior of a dog is really a misunderstanding. A little understanding goes a long way.

We visited the "Meet the Breeds" pavilion and met a few boykins and a litter of English Springers.

It turned out that Larsen was the perfect ambassador for the Welshies and could have been the meet-the-breed representative. He patiently allowed every grandchild and every granddad to pat his head and scratch his ear.

We wandered the midway and visited with the exhibitors. All of the exhibits seemed to be the high-end advertisers from Shooting Sportsman come to life. We saw new and antique Britsh "best" guns from Purdey, Westley Richards, Atkin Grant & Lang, and Churchill nestled in leather boxes. We also saw spectacular Berettas, Faustis, Ceasar Guerini's, and CSMCs with marbled woods and expressive metal working, including many fine hunting scenes.

The hunt was the order of the day.

Aki volunteered to socialize a squiggling field-bred English cocker.

A litter of ESSs captured everyones' hearts.


Guns that are works of art.

Dogs that are works of art.

Dogs that are dogs and guns that are guns. Larsen takes a breather in front of a line of Connecticut Shotguns.