Do you remember your first grouse over your first dog?

[Craig Larter]

My son Doug has worked is butt off training his first dog Roxie. He has put AKC Senior Hunter title on her, trained all summer, hunted her on wild pheasants in SD and ducks in NY. But he really got hooked on grouse hunting and did tons of scouting this summer. Last season he learned cover and started to flush birds but no scores. He stayed with it and made his first kill today in the Tug Hill of NYS. I was so proud of his efforts last year I bought him VH 16ga 26 incher which he bloodied on his first grouse. Good feeling the younger generation is getting hooked on the pull of the outdoors. He's not much of a photographer, I think he was shaking with excitement LOL!