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Hill, George Bird Evans, Michael
McIntosh, Richard Wolters and Ken
Roebuck, among others.
Duffey served as a columnist
for a number of other publications
as well, notably Wildfowl and
Petersen's Hunting. He authored
several books, too, Hunting Dog
Know-How and Expert Advice on
Gun Dog Training being perhaps
the best known.
When I visited with Dave a few
years ago (see "Gundogs," M/A '11),
he expressed the opinion that he'd
probably written more words about
hunting dogs than anyone alive.
In light of his passing, I'd argue
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ne of the most familiar,
distinctive and even beloved
voices in the gundogs world
was stilled in January with the
death of David Michael Duffey.
He was 86, and by all accounts he
was doing what he'd always done –
entertaining family and friends with
his vast trove of stories (leavened, of
course, with a bit o' the blarney) –
right to the end.
Duffey was the Hunting Dogs
editor of Outdoor Life from 1960
to 1982, and in 1981 he joined the
staff of a fledgling magazine called
Gun Dog as its "Training Q&A"
columnist, a position he held until
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he superb gundog photography of
Chris Mathan is one of the highlights
of the Strideaway website.
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Special salutes to
gundog writer David
Michael Duffey, the new
Strideway web site devoted
to pointing dog field
trials, and a loveable,
crazy old cuss.
his death. He was the last man
standing from Gun Dog's original
lineup, an array of heavy hitters that
included Charley Waterman, Gene
