Autumn Is Upon Us
Here in Maine, New Hampcha, Vermont and Mass the swamp maples have begun to turn to reds, orange and yellows which is a sure sign that we’ll be in our favorite coverts in just a little over a month. Those frosty mornings followed by T-shirt afternoons are my favorite days of the entire year. You can keep your snow 'til deer season in mid-November. I prefer the vibrant colors but realize I am afforded more easily seen flushes when the leaves are down around the third week of October. Hail to the King, "His Majesty the Grouse" as written by none other than our own Burt Spiller ~ but never forgetting the gnome-like Prince of Gamebirds, the American Woodcock.
Practice up people, we’re gonna have some fun❗️
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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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