Good to see you in the big north woods . Pheasant this coming weekend , then quail in Oklahoma , then fishing in northern Ontario soon after ice out.

Great catching up with you, too, Bruce (and Katie and Joe). Good luck on your upcoming hunts.
(I hope it's okay that I put that nice pointer of yours right way up.:))

Today is our last day of hunting in Minnesota. The number of other hunters we see has dwindled to almost none, and the birds we find are obviously "educated" to the ways of dog, gun, and humans. Still, I'll take the somber colors of the frost seared Minnesota Northwoods.

Yesterday we logged almost 10 miles and only flushed 8 birds, but on our "last hour" hunt where we flushed 5, Rill pointed 4 of them, and I managed to take another bird with a new gun that I really wanted to blood over Rill -- mission accomplished(!). This was an especially satisfying bird. I took the shot in thick cover and could not see the bird go down. Feeling i was on the bird, I took Rill into the thick stuff and she finally found our trophy after a diligent search. Among a hunter's pleasures is taking a bird fairly over a dog you trained yourself -- and with a new gun. We did that only twice yesterday, but I was completely satisfied. No bag limits are as sweet to me.

Thanks for sharing your hunt with us Gary, enjoy it vey much!

Those are some beautiful pictures of some special times!

Garry sure lives up to being a professor. He teaches how to honor and respect the sport, the dogs, fine double guns and our days afield! Thanks for the lessons Garry!