Other Grouse

[longarm]

You know how it is.. Winter and planning this coming Summers outings. Get's me thinking on last years trips..
Here are a couple of birds from NE Oregon. Please feel free to post more grouse pics from your trips.

Blue grouse:


And a ruffed grouse, also from NE OR, with a nice bottle of Pinot, from the Willamette Valley:


Here's the little monster who does most of the work, Jackie Brown

[Ryman Gun Dog]

Longarm,
Real nice pictures sir.

Couple more Grouse and dog pictures for ya.

[nikegundog]

Love the wood grain on that stock.

[longarm]

Thanks Ryman. Very pretty Fall colors in your top pic.

[Ken Lynch]

Sad to say but this was the only grouse that I hit this past season.

[Firemedic]

Here is a sample of my 2010 season.

Opening weekend of WC in MI:


A brace from Sept 15th:


My year old, his first season, his third time in the grouse woods:


Somewhere in the middle of Oct:


My buddy Mel. His dog in the picture was the NSTRA Endurance Classic Dog this year.


My lab with a brace:


My pointer's first time out in 2 years after her ACL injury:




I have a few more from later in the year on my home computer is anyone really cares. Thanks for looking.

[longarm]

Love the faces of happy and satisfied dogs.
Nice work on the birds gents!

[Ryman Gun Dog]

Firemedic,
Great pictures sir, very nice dog kennel also!

Nikegundog,
Thanks for the nice words about my gun, she is a Special Order pre 1913 L.C. Smith, you have some serious taste in French Walnut wood.
RGD/Dave

[dualsetter]

Excellent post. Happy dogs and the humans that follow them.

A couple shots of the pups first season:

[northern cajun]

Dual Setter where in Central NY?

[dualsetter]

NC - I'm just north of Syracuse.

[northern cajun]

Dual

I went to school in syracuse. Stomped around Three Rivers WMA some that is nice you ever get up to Ft. Drum area? Or the daks?

[mobeasto123]

Here is my Brit.. '' Hunter '' at 11 months.. he just found 38 grouse this fall and I been able to shoot 26 of them.. He retrieved a few duck also but didn't had a lot of time to go for more ducks..

[dualsetter]

NC - I get up to Drum and the Dacks quite a bit, Spend most of my time afield a little south of here where I grew up. Finger Lakes area Cort. Co., Tomp. Co. etc...

Do you make it back up north to gun anymore?

[djloder]

Well I guess we need a Epagneul Breton.

[Dave C]

Great pics lads and some nice looking dogs too.

ATB
Dave.

[northern cajun]

NC - I get up to Drum and the Dacks quite a bit, Spend most of my time afield a little south of here where I grew up. Finger Lakes area Cort. Co., Tomp. Co. etc...

Do you make it back up north to gun anymore?

I lived in Cortland when I first moved up, I live in Tompkins Co. Shindagin Hollow, Richmond Hill, Hammond Hill are all in my back yard plus the private stuff.

Yes every fall I get back up and then some good late season stuff as well.

[Firemedic]

Here's a few more:





Not a grouse, but my 2nd favorite bird hunting pipe:


A few from a rainy October day:


Somewhere around 40 straight days in the woods:


Not a grouse, but my favorite bird hunting pipe, a 2008 Nording Woodcock pipe:


On Halloween:


A quick double, actually the first and only true double I have ever taken:

[dualsetter]

Somewhere around 40 straight days in the woods

Impressive Firemedic, nice pups and sweet pipe!

NC - The late season game is tough this year, heavy snow cover. Sounds like we hunt a lot of the same areas, maybe we can put something together this fall?

[Firemedic]

That is one of the perks of only working 9 days a month! I save up all my vacation time for mid September to mid November. And I also have a very understanding wife!

[rapid fire]

Firemedic, how about I cash in a few of my swap days and a/l pics and come join you for a few. 24/48's sure are nice.