First of the Season
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A rainy weekend in Vermont, to be sure.
About midday on Saturday we stepped out of camp to get in some grouse hunting between cloudbursts and the birds weren't very cooperative. I think it was too wet for their liking and they would rather run than fly. The leaves haven't started to drop yet but with a couple of good frosts they'll come down pretty quickly. After about two hours with no flushes where we could see the bird (a few birds had flushed that we could only hear) a pair got up and flitted about three feet above the ground. I fired at the rear bird (missed behind) and it must have been the shock-wave catalyst as the sky immediately opened up and we were drenched. This morning dawned with sunshine streaming over Toot Hill to the east but the heavy fog soon came up the valley and we were socked in with extremely limited visibility for the next two hours. Finally we got out and hunted for about three hours with results similar to those of Saturday. I was on my way back to the truck and was winding down a side-hill with apple and poplar tangles when this bird went up just like a station 5 low-house and I pulled off a perfect head shot. |
Dean,Congratulations! The first bird of the year is always a relief..
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Dean - that is a GREAT read - thanks and congrats!!!!! As well - beautiful country up that way? Where - exactly - did you say that was??? ;) Oh - that's right - you didn't :) Is that Kathy's Parker?
Best to you! John |
John, I'll e-mail you the coordinates . . . :rolleyes:
The Q1 & Q2 barrels and forend are from Kathy's 28 ga. Repro while the back half is from my 28 ga. Repro. It's a great early season combination. For the late season I'll use my IMP/MOD barrels. |
Great job Dean. Tell us again how you managed that single bb head shot so as not to waste any meat.:rotf:
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I'm not that good Larry - I was using rifled slugs :cool:
But seriously, It's head and neck were peppered and the left wing was broken with one pellet through the wrist but not a mark on the breasts. |
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An' ya had ta go an' share it wif everbody now dint ya ! :cuss:
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I know right were that covert is. :bigbye:
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Dean, what about , follow your nose a few miles and take a left about a half mile before you get to the church.
Nice job on the grouse. |
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