[Cold Spring]

I try to shoot sporting clays at least once a week but it’s been tough for the last month or so. We haven’t had tons of snow here in my part of northeast PA but many days started with below zero temps which along with the wind have kept my shooting gang at home. It was minus 9 yesterday morning. Not much fun shooting in heavy gloves and when breath condenses on your shooting glasses. This morning it was “balmy” at 15-degrees when I drove out to Rock Mountain; many of you know that's nearby Ernie Hausmann’s Hidden Hollow - site of the NE Side x Side every June. I saw three grouse all fluffed up under a hemlock and fired up my cell camera. Not the best pics especially through the tinted windshield but there are three grouse here. Birds are probably thinking ..... this guy doesn't have a gun, why waste my energy trying to flush while this brutal winter is going on? Enjoy!