The Opener
 

Well yesterday was the Pa. Opener for Woodcock and Grouse ,I took the Old Man Hunting and we had a Great Day Out ! He Pointed ,Held and Retrieved one Woodcock and made His way about for a little more than an hour ! After our hunt ,it was off to Burger King for his favorite meal , Whopper ,Fries and a Coke ," He Loves the Fries and Coke " ! I carried the 410 and so far I am Hitting 100 Percent , Hope it keeps up ! No Chalk on the Ground and this is the only Bird we made in our short hunt , hopefully we will get some Flight Birds in soon ! Good Hunting to You All ! Russ

looks like a nice day out.

I am not seeing many woodcock up here to your north either, just read a post on the DU site that the nice weather is holding ducks and geese in place.

http://www.ducks.org/hunting/migrati...ntHomeFeatured

i expect its the same for woodcock.

i have seen- well, actually with the foliage still so thick - heard - grouse in about the same numbers as early last year. I did have one walk out from a point this week, around a tree and up to about 10 feet from me, and then he flushed, and then I missed :rolleyes:

I was figuring maybe the weather has been good in the Great Lakes region also ,I really haven't been paying attention but hopefully they will start migrating soon !

good shooting with the 410...looks like the dog was proud of your shooting skills..i hope the percentages stay good..those little birds can reallybe hard to hit for me..once when i was a boy i ran across a covey of these birds about 12 in the covey.i killed about 4 of them with the help of a german short hair named susie..have never seen anymore of those birds in a covey..have ya ll seen them in a covey before.. charlie

Is that the upgrade? Whoever did the work sure did a convincing job.

Talk about spoiling your dog. No wonder he looks so happy.

Nice work Russ. What a great Brit. He sure looks proud of himself....:)

Mills ,Yes this is the DelGrego ,Runge Upgrade which originally belonged to Otis Odum , " I hope I spelled the name correctly " ,it is a good shooting gun and seems to fit me well ,I carry it regularly for Woodcock ! If you are interested ,I have an album of it on my Home Page ,feel free to take a look ! Russ

Just saw the album. Very cool.

Hi Russ,
Looks like you’re off to a good start. Last week we hunted three days in New Brunswick and the Woodcock migration had not begun there yet either due to mild temperatures to the north. We did pretty well on Grouse and resident Woodcock and my 18 month old Britt Shea had a time she will never forget. We hunted three days and put up a lot of birds and if our shooting was better we would have done even better. Here is a picture of Shea with her first ever Woodcock and a picture of the first mornings hunt for our party of six Parker guys.