Back at Cabin #6 Somewhere in the Northwoods

[Ed Norman]

Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon

Ed, not to start a rumor but I heard from a friend of a reliable source that your DNR trapped grouse from the area we hunt and released them in your coverts. So, your birds are the same strain we hunt here. Sorry, but they all have PhD.s in Escapeology.

some days I call the grouse and woodcock around here "houdini" birds. Today I was so excited to get to run cash around 2 p.m. that I forgot my hand held g.p.s. I didn't realize it until I started to let cash out of car. I put him back in, drove to a long straight 2 track area and just let him quarter back and forth across the 2 track. 5 minutes in his bell quit, luckily I remembered the general area the bell quit. 3 minutes later I found him and a woodcock flushed, another houdini flush into the thickest stuff you can imagine. Cash had 4 points, one he stayed on point for 15 minutes until I found him, another houdini woodcock. I won't do that again, I will go back and get my handheld. I tried to keep him within 20 yards, every time he ranged out a little further, he seemed to go on point. Now I know what it must of been like many years ago before all the beepers and hand helds. My buddies are not finding many woodcock, so both guys I talked to today both were quite happy about cash finding woodcock.