Very nice John and a glorious day that must have been as a new generation joins the hunt. It is doubly great when it begins by hoisting "Great Grandpa's" gun, no matter what type of shootin' iron that may be. It's just wonderful to be able to have that connection.

Cheers,
Jack

Nice little hills there Dean.... you need some mountains out there...!::whistle:

You've got me there Rich. Ours aren't terribly impressive compared to yours are they? I've been to the Grand Tetons, Glacier Nat'l Park and the Alaskan Range and was awed by those rugged mountains but there's always some kind of comfort in coming back to our New England mountains (or hills compared to yours).

Sorry Dean; couldn't help myself there.... Roger that on the eastern mountains that you can actually wander through relatively easily vs our up here that are pretty inaccessible. There's nothing like the mtns like yours during fall color change too.

No need to apologize, you've got every reason to be proud.

Definitely pretty here in the autumn though.

Mt Hood from the Coast Range (West Coast Ruffed grouse country)

'Tis a grand planet we have the honour to travel for a while. Nice moment captured :)