Thanks Charlie!
Yesterday was a comedy of errors mixed with heavy brush and foliage obscuring shots.
Gracie did exceptionally well and made some great points but I seemed always to be in the wrong position. We had 12 grouse flushes, only 2 of which I could see and only got a shot at one of them. Two woodcock points, one of which flew into my face and at about four feet from my face it dropped steeply and flew off behind a screen of low hanging pine boughs. I took a shot but Gracie said I missed that one too...
We’ll see what today brings.
The Canada geese are coming over pretty regularly now. We hear their beautiful calls thinly piercing the stillness of the woods. We watched them go over yesterday at elevations measured in thousands of feet only barely visible, some flocks above the clouds. Winter’s coming folks!
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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