Adirondacks

Always look forward to getting up to the 'Dacks a couple of times each year. It was great to have the pup along, he had a blast...think he actually summited twice. Was in my teens the last time I did this climb, I swear the mountain has become steeper over the last dozen years. Good times indeed.




A little drowsy on top.

Holding down the fort.

Sleeping in the dirt.

Maine - "The way life should be"

Ran up to Maine a few weeks back to visit some old friends. We stuffed ourselves with lobster and other assorted shellfish. Spent a day on the coast throwing sand eel patterns for Stripers and then pushed North for a bit of Trout fishing. We were able to capture some nice imagery...A spectacular place indeed. Nice editing and great tune J-bone...see you in the fall!

Partners in Crime

Seeing that the weather was mild today we decided to take the boys out for a romp. We took care to avoid the birdy tangles and stuck to the hardwoods to give the broods some breathing room. Caddis is my good friend Nate's Golden. At 15 months he is showing great potential from the duck blind and displayed quite a propensity for scaring up grouse last season!

Upper Delaware River

I surmise you have to do something in the off season other than field work with setters. Like so many others, I choose to fly fish. It seems as if fly fishing, double guns and upland hunting are synonymous within the tangled web we weave.

Summer stroll

It is hard to believe the little guy is 12 months old and his first grouse season opens in 65 days. Can't wait.




Snapped a few photos this morning.

NYS Cooperator Ruffed Grouse Hunting Log

A great resource full of invaluable data compiled by New York State grouse hunters over the past five seasons. The new report for the 2009-10 season should be available by late summer.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/9351.html

The end and the beginning

With our Grouse season coming to a close here in NY, it is the beginning of a new season for Cedar and I. He found me 90 days ago, via Bill and Dianne St. John of Heartland Setters in Atwater, MN. Already showing an outrageous amount of natural ability on wild birds and true gentlemen character, I look forward to charting his evolution from playful pup to companion gun dog.