Dogs in the Daffs

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Chris Pope

Add to the abandoned vehicle stories this car near a phenomenal grouse covert. I suspect some members here might have even walked by this gem in the north country of NH. What is interesting is that it is nowhere near a paved road. It sits at least a quarter mile from the nearest forest road which is a good 12 miles from the nearest paved road. Would love to know the story behind it. Over the years it has slowly melted into the ground and provided shelter for critters. Did she break down and become abandoned? Stolen? Impatient logger's transportation? Young lovers out on a warm summer evening and ran out of gas??

What a great photo!!! Send it to Garden and Gun.

[Chris Pope]

Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon

What a great photo!!! Send it to Garden and Gun.

I titled that photo "Striker Dog" because my old friend Charlie, who lived across the street when I was in my 30's, said he used to drive the wood roads of northern NH at night with his coon hound on the hood of his car. If they passed where a coon had crossed the road the hound would howl and jump off the hood after the coon. Old Charlie (he was in his 80's at the time) said they took a number of racoon that way and how he loved that dog. So when my buddy Dana and I found that car we just had to post "Gunny" on the roof in memory of Charlie. That's Dana in the driver's seat and he's holding one of his classic American doubles out the window- could be a Parker, a Fox or an Elsie- can't remember. He's the one that ruined me by getting me interested in Parkers.

[Dean Romig]

Looks like a 57 or 58 Mercury.





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[Chris Pope]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Looks like a 57 or 58 Mercury.





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After hunting that grouse covert one day I was headed out to civilization on the forest road and ran into a couple old time bird hunters having lunch on the tailgate. We stopped and chatted. I asked if they had ever bumped into an old car in the middle of the woods not far from there. They both looked down and shook their heads.
"AHAA!" I said. Then one of them looked up with a sheepish grin and said, "Damn, didn't know anyone else knew about that old car."
A hunting buddy said he thinks it's a '62 or '63 Dodge Seneca. I have no clue. Still wish I knew how it got there. Perhaps a skidder dragged it there during a logging operation?

[Dean Romig]

Hmmm… maybe it is a Dodge. Here’s a 58 Merc.


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[Chris Pope]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Hmmm… maybe it is a Dodge. Here’s a 58 Merc.


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Hopefully I will make the hunting grounds this October. And if I do I'll take a photo of the front/grill and post it. In the mean time I need to take some pictures of the cemeteries where I hunt quail and woodcock down here in SC.

[Clark McCombe]

The previous owner of Briermere was an uncommon farmer. Nearly a hundred and thirty years ago he began planting peaches and apples instead of potatoes and cauliflower.
Along the edge of the woodland he planted daffodils, azaleas, and rhododendrons. The deer have long since feasted on the azaleas and rhododendrons.

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Clark McCombe

The previous owner of Briermere was an uncommon farmer. Nearly a hundred and thirty years ago he began planting peaches and apples instead of potatoes and cauliflower.
Along the edge of the woodland he planted daffodils, azaleas, and rhododendrons. The deer have long since feasted on the azaleas and rhododendrons.

Clark, is this your farm?

[Chris Pope]

Great photo and beautiful pup!

[Clark McCombe]

Yes