On a Fox Hunt in the Endless Mountains

[Keavin Nelson]

Very nice day Frank, thanks for the post.

[Steve Hodges]

Just beautiful Frank, and what a great picture of your Fox and its game. Makes me anxious for this Wednesday when I travel to my friends property in Potter County to chase your beautiful whitetails with a bow.

[todd allen]

Frank, I hope you don't mind me jumping in.
This is on my friends Idaho mountain ranch.
We hunted mule deer on this ranch for years, always being surprised and startled by those grouse.
We learned to pack a couple of shotguns along.
The grouse numbers were good!
One year they had an invasion of sharp tails like I've never seen before!
We knew what to do.


Grouse Hunt Idaho .jpg

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by Daryl Corona

Edgar: Wonderful poem. Who composed it?

I'm not sure I can find it, but it was in an old (duh) issue of Harpers Weekly.

[Double Lab]

Either way, it's a great poem.

[Woodcock survey]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

I'm not sure I can find it, but it was in an old (duh) issue of Harpers Weekly.

As i read it it said Archibald Rutledge to me. I usually do not like poetry and my english teacher granddaughter gave me a book of his poetry for christmas and it sounds like him and he did write for Harpers.

[Cold Spring]

On the poem posted by Edgar. Thank you. Here’s what my AI app came back with:

• I could not find an older printed source, an entry in a digitized 19th/20th-century poetry collection, or a widely published attribution that predates several social posts. That makes it likely this is a modern poem originally posted by (or attributed to) Athey Thompson rather than a public-domain classic.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Daryl Corona

I can see why you have such love for those Endless Mountains Frank. Those trails look like they would lead to some memorable experiences. I love Vixen's look.

Edgar: Wonderful poem. Who composed it?

Daryl, that area is near the Machine Gun Shoot.

[Double Lab]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

Daryl, that area is near the Machine Gun Shoot.

I do remember Frank mentioning that. After seeing Grumpy and his buddy I don't think I want to hunt them but I won't turn down the opportunity if it arises.