Two firsts in a day

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon

Loyal Order of Dedicated Grouse Hunters -- Ken Szabo's newsletter.

https://grousetales.com

I’m not a member but a friend gave me the LODGH pin a couple of years ago and I wear it on my hunting hat.





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[Andy]

Hell Dean you got a good 30-40 years left ; )

[Harold Pickens]

Hey, better late than never guys. I've had setters for 35+ years.

[mobirdhunter]

Andy, just console yourself that as you age, you learn to appreciate things more (and more deeply).

I know this is probably sacrilege, but I, too, have been a setter lover as long as Harold...even if my setters are, shall we say, a bit on the dark side. Color them however you want, I love a setter's head and tail.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon

Andy, just console yourself that as you age, you learn to appreciate things more (and more deeply).

I know this is probably sacrilege, but I, too, have been a setter lover as long as Harold...even if my setters are, shall we say, a bit on the dark side. Color them however you want, I love a setter's head and tail.

Well I had been on a waiting list for a long time and then got the "call" one was available. I visited her twice and committed to her while my wife and daughter were gone for a week in California. Yeah, that was some discussion over "How could you just buy a $@&ING dog when we already have THREE without asking me???!!" Fast forward and my wife is totally head over heels in love with this creature, so it all worked out.

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Andrew Sacco

Well I had been on a waiting list for a long time and then got the "call" one was available. I visited her twice and committed to her while my wife and daughter were gone for a week in California. Yeah, that was some discussion over "How could you just buy a $@&ING dog when we already have THREE without asking me???!!" Fast forward and my wife is totally head over heels in love with this creature, so it all worked out.

Dogs have a way, don't they?

[Andy]

I've always said, lock a dog and your wife in the closet for three hours. The one that is happiest to see you when you let them out is the one to stick with.

[Mike of the Mountain]

I don’t know which area of PA the grouse are rebounding but around here they are still few and far between. Glad you had a chance to bag one, taking one local would make a season, and that’s just ONE!! Went last week looking for mudbat and the flight wasn’t in yet. Hope the rain/wind from this week moves them down.

Andy, when I read your letter to LODGH I was surprised! Didn’t know you were a member.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

I don’t know which area of PA the grouse are rebounding but around here they are still few and far between. Glad you had a chance to bag one, taking one local would make a season, and that’s just ONE!! Went last week looking for mudbat and the flight wasn’t in yet. Hope the rain/wind from this week moves them down.

Andy, when I read your letter to LODGH I was surprised! Didn’t know you were a member.

Mike, I suspect I find my PA grouse somewhere near where you find all your primers, powder and shot Keep in mind two PA grouse flushed this year is double last year. NY has more for sure and I don't get it because the habitat looks better in PA to me, but that's a sample size of one person. Yes, woodcock are getting here, put them up in NY and PA, but no appreciable numbers yet (Raisin has not quite figured them out). In 2020 I did NOT log my PA hunts as I wasn't sure if I should do multiple states in the same LODGH log sheet (I sure wish he would make it smaller...) I did log both states in 2019. I think all of this is relative to the absolutely shitty numbers of birds I've been seeing the past 5-10 years. Although still sparse, it's better than it was. But then again I'm not bothered walking 4-5 miles to flush 3-4 birds and a bird an hour is good compared to years past. BTW the grouse in the photo is a NY bird, not PA.

Mike I enjoy the LODGH newsletter. Simple reading but the theme of all the old guys giving up hunting due to age, dogs failing, or no birds is sad. I would rather carry a gun with a dog in empty cover any day than hit a damn golf ball.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Golf spelled backwards if flog!!