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German native Bernd zur Nedden aims at a pheasant pointed by Clyde, a German wire-haired pointer.

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Keith Houghton takes a picture of Bernd zur Nedden, right with guide Brad Stout. Nedden keeps tight records of all of his hunts.

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German native Bernd zur Nedden aims at a pheasant pointed by Clyde, a German wire-haired pointer.

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German native Bernd zur Nedden gets ready to shoot a pheasant pointed by Marty, a dog at Ringneck Ranch. Guide Brad Stout looks on.

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German native Bernd zur Nedden aims at a pheasant pointed by Clyde, a German wire-haired pointer.

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Bernd zur Nedden sounds the horn signaling the end of a hunt, a long-standing German tradition.

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Bernd zure Nedden wore traditional German hunting clothing on his trip to central Kansas.

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At the end of a day of hunting the game is carefully laid-out in lines, the hunters gather and thanks are given verbally and by horn.

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German native Bernd zur Nedden gets ready to shoot a pheasant pointed by Marty, a dog at Ringneck Ranch. Guide Brad Stout looks on.

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Marty, a seasoned German shorthair, pointing a pheasant.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

Bernd zur Nedden sounds the horn signaling the end of a hunt, a long-standing German tradition.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

Bernd zur Nedden looks on as Clyde, top, points a wounded pheasant. Ginger, below, is honoring the point.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

Bernd zur Nedden sounds the horn signaling the end of a hunt, a long-standing German tradition.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

Bernd zur Nedden readies to shoot a pheasant. Hen pheasants can legally be taken on shooting preserves.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

Bernd zur Nedden waiting for prairie chickens after hunting for pheasants, quail and rabbits. He said most German hunts are for multiple species.

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Ginger, left, found the pheasant first. Marty has moved in to honor the point.

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Dogs on point, from the left, Ginger, Clyde and Marty.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

Marty retrieves a pheasant shot by Bernd zur Nedden.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

Marty, a seasoned German shorthair, pointing a pheasant.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

Bernd zur Nedden sounds the horn signaling the beginning of a hunt, a long-standing German tradition.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle