The opener is less than a month away and I'll be able to leave for the Upper Peninsula a week or so early this year giving me 5-6 weeks of hunting. This year I'll have two companions Ike who will be 2 and Duke who will see his first birthday in the U.P.
The gun selection begins. There will be only one 12 but it's the small bore choices that make these decisions both fun and thought provoking. Changing conditions dictate different guns as in leaves vs no leaves, warmer weather vs colder weather ect. Decisions, decisions, decisions