We had a great day trip. Three dogs along. Cowboy, Cooper, and Jinx.
We parked the truck and headed through some very thick cover. We hiked over several ridges and what was probably a couple of miles. We were in some great looking grouse country. It was early in the afternoon and pretty hot. We each had two bottles of water for us and the dogs. After not finding anything we decided to head back to the truck and find a different spot. We went back over several ridges again and we could not find the truck. We hiked around for what seemed like forever looking for the truck. We were lost. Our water was gone. There was only one way to go at that point and it was down the mountian. I bet we put in 7 or 8 miles. Finally we found the road and were able to hike back up to the truck.
We both swore we would buy a GPS after that. Still it was a fun day. We were dead tired and so were the dogs. Not wanting to go home empty handed, we tried a couple of other spots on the way out. We were lucky enough to flush one young Blue that we shot.
Here is Cowboy with the retrieve.
I tried the macro feature on my small camera for the first time. The focus could have been better, but I think I have a masterpiece that will be displayed in a photography show some day for the title alone. I present to you.....
"Twig and Berries"
Cooper, Cowboy and Me
Cooper, Jinx, and Addict
Cowboy and his friend the Grouse.
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The areas we hunt over here hold about a 50/50 mix of ruffs and blues. 
