Thursday, October 28, 2010

Emma did her Part........but I Didn't

After a couple of hours of searching for woodcock with no luck, I decided to head for higher ground and look for grouse.
We finally found the grouse. The first 4 were wild flushes but the 5th one held for Emma and I moved in for the flush.
The grouse sailed down the ridge through this cover evading my two shots.


A Hercules Club after taking a load of #8 shot.


Back at the truck Emma asked for her share of the sandwich, which she had rightfully earned.





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4 comments:

  1. Gary ThompsonOctober 28, 2010 at 8:41 PM

    Ok... so I confess to being a rough grouse idiot. How in the hell could you ever hope to shoot anything in that kind of cover, let along take two steps forward?

    I hope I'll get a chance to hunt roughs one day. When that time comes, I think I'll bring a 22" barrel gun or maybe my 410 Contender handgun.

    Cool pics!

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  2. GreyphaseOctober 29, 2010 at 3:22 AM

    Hey Gary

    Just your typical Allegheny Mountain cover. Sometimes you get lucky and you hit one......or it flys into a tree :).

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  3. Michael M.October 29, 2010 at 5:08 AM

    Sharing your sandwich with Emma is like "Take a Boy Fishing or "He ain't heavy, ...."

    That's the Good Stuff ;-)

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  4. DavidOctober 29, 2010 at 6:02 AM

    Rough shooting covert Rick, looks like 3", #4's might be in order. Must be tough to get Olga up and swinging in there :) Great post...keep them rolling!

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