Like a man almost suffocated...

[Woodcock survey]

Went to Maine Wed. with both sons and granddaughter who is here from S.C. She brought luck with her in that it was raining when we got there and went exploring and found 2 new grouse covers we will not be able to hunt all of it in a week.
Stopped raining and we ran into 2 family groups right off and all but i had plenty of missing(they were flushing wild) and i was in the wrong place as usual.
The fog settled in on the mountain so we headed back to our longtime woodcock cover and flushed 10 with a lot of cartridge emptying and 1 each taken.
A grand day for the birds but also for the companions. Good luck Dean