I find grouse hunting in the snow can be very exciting. They often launch from a snow-covered young spruce in a white explosion challenging you to come quickly to your senses if you want a shot at all. It’ almost more than my senses can take - I love it!
But I’m with you - The Autumn colors - Autumn smells - and the “walks in the woods" daydreaming of past hunts and hoping to repeat the best of those times, now with my eager setter, really does it for me.
The fact that yours is a Gordon is, of course, quite fitting.
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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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