LeverActionJunkie
12-12-2010, 11:42 PM
Well overall I didn't get to hunt as much as I would have liked to this year. The times I did get out I didn't have the best of luck, but we still had a good time. My girlfriend brought home a cockerpoo named Rusty this spring and he really showed interest in grouse so i worked with him a bit and he really surprised me so far. He didn't find and flush all the birds this year but he did flush most of them. He did however retrieve every bird i shot, even a couple I didn't even think I hit, or they were hit very poorly. Worth his weight in gold in that respect. I had forgotten how enjoyable it is to hunt over a young dog. The birds weren't overly abundant for me this year but we made out ok.
Here we are above the in laws looking for blues.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/LeverActionJunkie/DSC02463.jpg
This was the 20th of Sept. We got a good dump of snow and 3 ruffies, one solid double and a late flushing single that Rusty tracked a good 50yrds down a draw. Never would have recovered it otherwise.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/LeverActionJunkie/DSC02453-1.jpg
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/LeverActionJunkie/DSC02456.jpg
This was another unsuccessful hunt for Blues down the road from our place.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/LeverActionJunkie/DSC02507.jpg
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/LeverActionJunkie/DSC02511.jpg
Here we are above the in laws looking for blues.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/LeverActionJunkie/DSC02463.jpg
This was the 20th of Sept. We got a good dump of snow and 3 ruffies, one solid double and a late flushing single that Rusty tracked a good 50yrds down a draw. Never would have recovered it otherwise.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/LeverActionJunkie/DSC02453-1.jpg
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/LeverActionJunkie/DSC02456.jpg
This was another unsuccessful hunt for Blues down the road from our place.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/LeverActionJunkie/DSC02507.jpg
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/LeverActionJunkie/DSC02511.jpg