October Dreaming

[Patrick Devlin]

My setter, Willow, went on point in my door yard this afternoon and wouldn't budge despite my pleading. I thought she was just reliving days gone by but after about 10 minutes I thought she lost her mind. After a short search I found this "PAT" in a nearby apple tree. Thank God one of us has some savvy and proper breeding.

Pat

[Dave Suponski]

Pat,Thanks for the great picture :) 9 Months and counting......:crying:

[Dean Romig]

The hardest grouse to hit when they finally flush are the ones you see first either on the ground or in a tree. You think you have them dead to rights but you wind up psyching yourself out and miss cleanly when they flush. I love to see them budding like that but they look like sitting ducks to all the birds of prey. Thank the Great Spirit there are always enough of them in the spring for 'seed stock'.

By the way, I count eight months, three days, nine hours and thirteen minutes :coffee:











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[Angel Cruz]

Shooting them on the groud or in a tree??? I thought you were,nt supposed to do that!!!! Of course I've never hunted "PATS"..:rolleyes:

[Dean Romig]

Ahhh... I think you misunderstood my statement Angel. I'll go back and modify it. :rolleyes:

[Patrick Devlin]

It's funny how the length of a month changes as time goes by. I was a Maine Game Warden for almost 25 years and during that time October and November seemed like it was 8 months long. I guess when you are working 100 hours a week that happens. Now that I no longer have to live vicariously through other sportsman and actually have time to get out with my dogs October seems as it is only 3 days long while January is at least 10 weeks long. Oh well it will be here before we know it and I will still be unprepaired.

Procrastinator Pat

[Dave Suponski]

Ok Romig..I'll go with your timeline it less of a wait....:smiley7:

[Angel Cruz]

I just had to say something Dean:rotf:

[Dave Suponski]

"Procrastinator Pat " Are you any relation to Dean? :biglaugh:

[Angel Cruz]

:biglaugh::biglaugh:

[Patrick Devlin]

I am related to procrastinators everywhere I think. My wife's pet name for me is Tomorrow.

Pat

[Angel Cruz]

Pat, your pet name is my Motto.

[Dave Suponski]

Thanks for the laugh...That a great pet name....:rotf: Hey that could work...Dean"Tomorow" Romig.....:duck:

[Dean Romig]

When I was in the USAF I was attached to a group named Material Air Transport Squadron... MATS for short. It was quite appropriate for me anyhow as we nicknamed it May Arrive Tommorow Sometime... seems to work for me :cool:

If you don't expect too much from me... you won't be disappointed.

[Dave Suponski]

:dh:

[Francis Morin]

I understand, only too well. This Sunday ends our late 30 day "bonus Goose season"--I've had a few good clean shots, mainly hunted the rivers, as so many famers left their uncut corn standing, due to high moisture content this past Fall-

It seems forever until next October-- I believe the late Albert Einstein had this "layman's" version of his theory of relativity-- "When you sit next to a beautiful girl on a park bench and chat- for three hours- it seems like it was only three minutes, BUT when you touch a hot stovetop with your finger for one second, it seems like one hour"--:rolleyes:

[Bill Murphy]

Pat, how about a picture of that setter? I remember when I was a pup, Dad and I wanted to take some off season pictures of my Irish Setter on point. We didn't have birds at home, so we took Mom's parakeet out in the yard, put the cage in a stand of ribbon grass and walked Rusty "into the studio". I still have those parakeet point pictures.

[Patrick Devlin]

I most definitely am going to personally test Einsteins theory. I know about the hot stove part it's the park bench theory that I will have to investigate to a certainty. I will see what I can do with the picture of Willow.

Pat

[Patrick Devlin]

Well I went to the pet store and they were unwilling to lend me a parakeet for my intended purpose so this is the best I could do with the pictures.

Pat

[Francis Morin]

Pat- that is indeed one handsome Setter. Great pose. In reply to Bro Romig's definition of MATS (and I flew a few "stand-bys" on MATS - mainly C-130 CargoMasters if memory serves- where we learned to 'stand by to stand by"- we said "May Actually Takeoff Sometime""-

About 12 years ago in late March- NBA Playoffs- Mae and I went to Nashville for a convention, stayed outside Louisville the night they made the "Final Four"--It was raining and I made the mistake of parking near the motel's Dumpster- after breakfast when I went to get our vehicle, it was blocked by the large trash pickup truck--had the initials "BF&I" on the cab.

I went in and asked the manager if he could help, which he did, and he told me that stood for "Brute Force and Ignorance"-- his words, not mine, but I liked it..:rolleyes::rolleyes:

[Patrick Devlin]

Francis - Willow knows she is handsome and takes advantage of it at every opportunity. Other than that Mrs. Lincoln how was the game.

Pat

[Dave Suponski]

Pat,Great picture and one very nice setter! Is that her "Look how pretty I am pose"?

[Patrick Devlin]

Dave- Yea she does that when she is working me for a biscuit. You should see her when she is in the mood for a steak.

Pat