Second morning was a disappointment with only 4 grouse flushes... again, out of trees.
Grace slammed into a classic point on the Scrubapple Hillside and I walked around a big scrubapple and in toward her. Up goes a bird and was immediately screened behind foliage. It appeared for 1 second before it tucked up in behind a spruce top. That’s when I fired at where it should have been and I didn’t see it come out the other side so Gracie and I searched for a good while and never even found a feather... aren't grouse the only game birds that can do that...?
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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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