Richard,

What days are you planning on hunting with me in Canada? I've just got to get things arranged with Nathan and Jim.


Destry

Destry: Nov 21-22. See you on Fri the 20th. I'll have my deadly 10ga again, this time with two hammers vs. the one it had last year. Today I used my 28ga Repro to bag 2 grouse + 1 woodcock(my first in 43 yrs!!), which may have made me almost top gun amongst 99 other shooters here at the national RGS grouse/woodcock shoot in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Not sure yet really; have imbibed way too much bordeaux with dinner to be able to read the shooters scores on the wall..... maybe tomorrow.... stay tuned... Someone must have done better than that. Someone did get a really cool half-white woodcock. I'll post a pic when I get it sized.

Ok, the wine has worn off... my vision has cleared.... and as I thought.... I'm only #7 in the rankings.....

Sounds like you're having an awful good time anyway. I'll put you on the calendar for those dates. We've got a different camp this year, much more roomy and just around the corner from the old one. You can have your own room this time, no more sleeping on the pull out couch. We've even got sheets on the beds now!

DLH

Sheets!? You'll spoil us, especially Jim, and you don't want to do that. And Nathan?? He back in action it sounds like?? This is a good time but I am WAYYY out of my league amongst this high rolling crowd. Phew. Lots of birds here at any rate. We got more flushes yesterday than I'd get around Fairbanks in 3-4 yrs. Never seen such a feed as they put on last night. Trigg and I had the new RGS president cornered for the entire banquet. Pretty fun. I think a lot of folks were wondering who the two dubes were who had the new "man" cornered. He owns an oil company that operates in PNGuinea. Quite a guy. We'll get to wine and dine him in Alaska next spring and teach him what real smoked salmon is supposed to taste like.

I had the pleasure of meeting Dave Fuller from Oregon at the RGS banquet last night! He had the huntsman yesterday that I had the day before. Small world, eh?