While I'm now weathering the vicissitudes of aging into my mid-forties, with at least some of the attendant nascent wisdom and identity-churning insanity that mark those middle years for many, over the past year I have been quickly evolving into a brand new upland bird hunter. Scratch that, I will most likely be a future upland bird hunter. It must be stated that I haven't yet actually pulled a trigger to bring down a bird. However, I am a new (and first-time) dog owner. Just under a year ...