Good job on the venison dirty! Looks like he might have been clipped by a car.
Nice day man, that photo takes me back to my days of upland bird hunting. Pheasant, grouse, woodcock and a duck or 2 if you walked along a stream or pond. My Irish setter Casey flushed them all and fetched them too; but only fetched 1 woodcock! After that, he'd flush them up; but would never pick 1 up again. Weird, must be he didn't like the taste of them. Silly dog, he was the best bird dog I ever had the pleasure of owning. Bought him as a pup for $25 from a friend who's dad raised and hunted them. The good ole days.
.....don't blame the dog 😉