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Unread 10-02-2017, 09:55 AM   #1
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Finally got a chance to get out for an afternoon walk with the GH in the grouse and woodcock covers around my hunting and fishing camp in the Adirondacks. Grouse season opened Sept. 20 and woodcock season opened Oct 1.

The fall colors are coming on but there are a lot of leaves still up. It made for tough hunting trying to see birds. I flushed three grouse but had a shot at only one...made it count though. Also flushed two woodcock and missed the first but connected on the second. Not a bad start to the season, but a dog would have helped!

The first photo below is from the camp. The second photo is of Dun Brook mountain from the dam on the west branch of the Goodnow River. The last photo is of the success of the day.
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Nice pics. And good shooting!
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well done and thats a fine veiw of the mountain and the vally...charlie
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Gorgeous country and great photos!
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I think think there is any tougher hunting in the uplands than grouse without a dog. Way to go. Gorgeous gun too.
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Thanks to all responses. It is tough hunting without a dog, but fun, good exercise and mentally therapeutic.
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I've hunted grouse and woodcock all my life without a dog, except for the last three years.

I will say that the toughest part of hunting birds without a dog is not being able to find the ones you knew you hit.




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I am surprised Dean....Wouldn't your girl Toby stay close and walk with you in the Grouse woods?
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Yes she would in her early years but when she was almost 4 there was a huge explosion 1/4 mile from my house. The curtains blew in from the shock wave and pictures fell off the walls, etc. and from that day on she was gun shy.





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