Seems like in a lot of the web and blog sites things have really slowed down now that hunting season is over. But as I've mentioned many times in the past, this is a great time to be in the hills. Of course, when isn't. I like to Turkey hunt, so I use scouting for turkeys as a great excuse to get my dogs out. The dogs will even point them if they'll hold.
Today we didn't see any turkeys but we saw three different species of upland birds which the dogs were tickled to point all the same. We found five rough grouse, 7 blue grouse, and a number of paired up huns to work on. Although we miss Tucker a lot we've found the best way to honor our lost companion is to go out and do what he did best. Find birds.
Here is a few of the pictures from today. I hope the rest of you are getting out and enjoying your dogs as much as I am mine.
3 comments:
Great photos. I really like the picture of the grouse flushing (I assume it's a grouse). I'm hoping to do some hiking in the hills here soon; I wish I lived closer to where I normally hunt chukar. On the bright side I live really close to the beach so I'm able to do lots of surf fishing all summer. Not exactly the greatest exercise but it sure is good therapy...
Thanks Pete. You're right, just being outdoors, whether the beach or the hills is good on the mind.
Can't seem to get out there in the spring...ignored all the chores for 5 months and now I'm spending every weekend taking twice as long to do something because it was ignored so long...thanks for posting pics though. It helps keep me sane.
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