I have a picture in my man cave of my grandfather's Irish Setter on point with his "handler" Ol' Joe, which I'm sure for all practical purposes was the dog's real owner and master. I'm not at all sure, but the picture is probably from the mid-1920s. Ol' Joe is holding a Rem 11 or Browning and is looking at the camera like "would you're dumb white ass put that camera down and hunt?" The dog is absolutely beautiful, even though the picture is black and white. So I was just wondering if there are any true Irish Setter hunting lines left in the U.S. or all they all show dogs now?

Are you talking Irish Setters or Red Setters?

i would imagine that there are still some hunters out there but sadly most are show dogs. to bad - they are a great dog

My brother used a lot an irish setter -TOMAS- for hunting partriges ,a couple of years ago he died of a heat stroke while hunting .HE WAS A GREAT PARTRIGE DOG.