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09-21-2021, 09:38 AM
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I actually got out for a grouse walk at a friends moose camp on the Wood River south of Fairbanks last week. They already had their moose hanging in town so we were just sprucing camp up and stacking and re-tarping lumber piles. I took some time and my 28ga Repro for a walk along the riverside trails where I've found a goodly number of ruffies in the past, encountering bear, wolf, coyote and moose tracks along the way and finding a gorgeous Shaggy Mane that was, unfortunately, too far along for the frying pan. I actually kicked one ruffie up, but missed the shot in heavy timber. I again considered it a successful hunt because I figured I knew where to look for birds there and I found one exactly where I thought I might. Every evening we were there the sandhill cranes flew over low by the hundreds, looking for a gravel bar to spend the night on. The racket was astonishing and magic at the same time. We also took a walk with the two golden retrievers on a trail that leads back to some moose tree stands to check out the low bush cranberry supply. Along the trail I noticed that the dogs were sniffing numerous 'marks' and making their own. When we got back to camp and were sitting around the fire drinking beer, the air was suddenly filled with nearby and constant wolf howling that went on for well over an hour, something I've never heard before. I'm pretty sure that they went down that same trail and detected the interlopers that had marked their territory and were out looking for revenge. Their howling was a call to arms and an attempt to draw the invaders out so they could kill them. Normally dogs freak out and react strongly to wolves howling, but our goldens seemed to not care much. Had they run off, as is more normal, they very likely would not have come back. That pack traveled the entire trail for a half mile down to the river and back, howling all the way, with the cranes chortling overhead. What a great evening it was! I love this place!
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09-21-2021, 08:20 PM
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers )
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
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