More Alaskan ptarmigan hunting

[Richard Flanders]

I don't have floats and don't run dogs. You couldn't run dogs at this location. They'd wallow in the snow most of the time. Some areas around the edge of the lake they could stay on top but mostly it's too deep and soft. A bit later they might be able to stay on top early in the day. A bird dog would go crazy out there if they could run; there's a lot of birds around and it's a hell of a lot of work to find them without the help of a dog. This is the first time I've failed to get some though. My avatar pic was taken there last year. You can actually see quite a few bird trails in my first picture above. If I go back out I'll take a pic of all the tracks from the air; it's amazing how many there are and what a large area they cover.