Well my grouse season in VT ended rather ingloriously Sunday afternoon.
I had to keep Gracie in camp except for a short hunt on Sunday morning. She got a cut pad the weekend before and she's been on light duty since either in the house or in camp. Plus the fact that there's a new 1 year old pup who chews on Gracie's neck relentlessly when they're together so I only let her out of camp when that pup's not around. Not much I can do about it without compromising friendships up there so I just keep them apart.
And to make matters worse, the lack of birds is really in the forefront this year.
The woodcock outnumbered the grouse about 2:1 meaning a good day on woodcock was about 6 or 8 woodcock flushed leaving about 3 or 4 grouse flushed.
All in all - and I would normally be ashamed to admit this - I killed one nice big cock grouse and two woodcock,
Hey - There's always next year, right?
Deer season with rifles begins in VT on Nov. 12 and I have "sweetheart" obligations beginning this Friday so I'll be tied up (
) until deer season.
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