A Boy's Indoctrination to Grouse Camp

[Dean Romig]

I brought my 7 year old grandson to Grouse Camp in Vermont this weekend.
I wanted to make sure he didn't get turned off by too much rigorous brush bustin' so I took him to some of the easier places that I knew might hold some grouse.
We were out for four hours in the morning and went back out after lunch for another hour and a half. each time I suggested we go back to camp he told me he didn't want to go back but that he wanted to keep on hunting.
We moved 9 grouse in those 5+ hours but only saw 1.5 of them and never got a shot off.
He told me he wants to go back to grouse camp "every time you go Grampy."




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[Richard Flanders]

Good on you Dean!!! Get him started out right. We were going to fly out to moose camp and look for grouse but it's been raining for 3 days.

[Paul Plager]

Dean, 7 yr. olds have an abundance of energy. Your new ammo carrier:rotf: should be able to go longer than you can. :whistle:

[Rich Anderson]

I hope your taking it easy on the boy by haveing him carry all that ammo.
Think how much more fun he would have IF you had a good pointer:rotf:

[Paul Plager]

i'll bet the kid points at everything:rotf:

[Mills Morrison]

Both of my boys are interested. I wasn't sure about my 6 year old, but he now keeps talking about going dove hunting and deer hunting, so it must be working. My youngest can tell the difference between a Parker and an LC Smith

[WILLIAM STANELL]

Great Job...I hope my two boys 12 &9 are as excited to brush bust as your grand son!!

[Dean Romig]

I hope your taking it easy on the boy by haveing him carry all that ammo.
Think how much more fun he would have IF you had a good pointer:rotf:


I only take 8 or 10 shells when I leave camp anyway. That shouldn't burden the lad too much. Heck, at the rate I shoot 8 or 10 might last me the season.

[Dean Romig]

i'll bet the kid points at everything:rotf:

He sure does and he kept track of the number of flushes too. Only once he asked why I didn't shoot... of course I shouldered the gun at every flush and he quickly learned never to walk in front of the guy with the gun.

[WILLIAM STANELL]

I still have great memories of hunting with my now 85 year old father on the farms of Pennsylvania I would walk that brush any-day. Now we hunt my kids starting too, and my dad god bless @ 85 still goes and we push to him.

[charlie cleveland]

good work dean...looks like youve got a new hunting partner...a fine looking lad he is... charlie

[Dave Suponski]

This is great! And what makes it more rewarding is that the vest Cameron is wearing used to be my son Dannys when he was just a little guy. It's great to see it back in the Grouse woods!

[Dean Romig]

At breakfast I told him to eat quickly because food gets cold pretty fast after it is placed on the 6" thick granite table. He found out I wasn't foolin' but ate his cold scrambled eggs and bacon anyway.



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[Dave Suponski]

Grampy, That picture is priceless!

[Daryl Corona]

Hey Grampy,
Good for you! There is something just wonderful about taking a grandkid hunting. My grandson (8) just thinks it's so neat to pee outside, eat off paper plates and sleep in a sleeping bag when we go down to our "duck camp". By the way, is that a full beer on the table? Beer and eggs for breakfast is my kind of start for a day afield.

[Rich Anderson]

Grampy (this is your new knick name like it or not) I didn't know you could cook too, such talents. Another hunter that would appreciate your fine cuisine would be a good pointer:rotf:

[Dean Romig]

Your words are not falling on deaf ears Rich... but I'm a setter man.
I love dogs and I've had a bunch of them and I guess the good outweighs the bad but I just can't commit to the time necessary to keep and train a dog. The little time I could spare just wouldn't be fair to any dog.

[Dean Romig]

I think that's a beer bottle from the night before. I don't drink much beer anyway... day or night. I prefer a chilled sour mash in the evening after the guns are cleaned and racked.

[John Dallas]

For good camp cookin' I always for it imprtant to marinate the cook in high quality, high proof squeezins.

[Larry Mason]

Outstanding, and thank you for the pictures. My wife's son quit high school and had a son, both parents teenagers. Their son, now twenty two became my hunting buddy at age three. I was thirty three at the time. Only spring gobbler then and he slept until the birds sounded off from the roost. He is an avid hunter and works a forty five to sixty hour week. As the saying goes "Take a child hunting and you won't be hunting for them." This post made my day. Again, I thank you Mr. Romig.
Larry

[Joe Dreisch]

I just caught up with an old friend that I used to breed Brits with. He just bought a 6 year old finished bitch and was thoroughly impressed with a male but didn't need a male. From what he told me an hour ago, the folks at Gunpowder Shooting preserve on Falls Rd. in northern Baltimore county are liquidating due to a divorce. This male does it all, is about 6 or 7 years old and the askance is around $700. That is a GIFT!!!
All the training is done. Somebody needs this dog!
(I am not associated with these people at all. Just hung up the phone an hour ago. Randy KNOWS Brittanies so this is a good dog.

[Mills Morrison]

Great story Larry. In addition to my two boys, I want to get my nephew hunting. He lives in Atlanta, neither of his parents hunt, but he is a great kid and I think would enjoy it.

[calvin humburg]

Dean, Thats good of you. It means a lot to children to be involved. And maybe one day they will take us hunting.

[Dean Romig]

That's something to hope for Calvin. But even more than that I hope the young ones carry it forward to future generations.

[Rick Losey]

Dean, you are a lucky man an he is a very lucky kid :)

My son and older daughter hunt, but are mostly interested in deer, the younger daughter shoots some but never cared to hunt.

For now, the grandkids are a bit young yet, but they have become fond of the dogs, and I keep hoping there will be some insterest in shotguns and birds as they grow.

It won't be too long before I hope to take them to the club for training runs. I am all set for the first time they get to walk up a point :corn:

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[Dean Romig]

I would love to have one of those that I could give to Cam until he is old enough for his first parker.

[Rich Anderson]

Grampy (God I love that!:)) I'd just step up and get him a nice damascuss 16 on an 0 frame while you still can. you can keep it warm for him for the next 10 years or so then pass the torch.

[Dean Romig]

Cobbie, I've got five or six 0-Frame Damascus sixteens. I even have one that I could shorten the stock to fit his small frame... hmmmm...

[Kenny Graft]

This is Ruby.....she is a Gordon setter from a great hunting family. She is 20 months old now and realy has become part of the pack...she loves to go to camp and has a big fall ahead. Ruby is a grouse dog first but will hunt ringnecks too. She hunts over parker shotguns only!!!...(just kidding) she is spoiled!! (not kidding) This is my first bird dog and I hope to get a english setter to keep her company next year...maybe a ryman setter. Thanks all SXS ohio.............................................. ..........................................

[Dean Romig]

She's a pretty girl.