Kathy and I just saw a mated pair of Barred Owls in the pine woods by my house yesterday. Of course the last grouse I saw around here was around twenty-five years ago. Where I hunt in Vermont there are loads of them and lots of turkeys and coyotes too. I think we're in for hard times up there though. The friend who owns the six-hundred acres that I hunt on has been selling off all of his softwood.... (grouse roosting areas).
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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