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October 1st, 2015, 09:15 PM
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Grouse #2 for the 16
Nice cold night, at least for the 1st of October, and I knew where I wanted to be. The bush seemed thicker this week than last. I decided to walk a bit of a ridge that would allow me to look down on both side and maybe not scare too many grouse by crashing through the thick stuff.
It worked. I didn't scare a single bird. No flushes, seen or even heard.
On the way out I went back to bush whackin' and heard a bird flush from the other side of a poplar blow-down. I had a good idea where it went, but when I got there, it was not.
I hit one more spot and hadn't seen anything by the time I had to turn around to walk back out. Not 100 metres back down the trail and I see a grouse flush, but I didn't hear the usual "flush" sound and that pause was all the bird needed. My gun was up but the moment of hesitation meant I was too late (Still can't figure out why I didn't hear it?). Fortunately for me there was a second bird even closer that waited a couple of moments before it decided to follow its partner. Heard it. Saw it. Got it.
It fell right where I took this photo, although I did have to straighten up some feathers before the photo.
Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening.
Dorothy Sarnoff
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October 1st, 2015 09:15 PM
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October 1st, 2015, 09:30 PM
#2
"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, Teach a man to fish and he eats for the rest of his life"
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October 1st, 2015, 09:46 PM
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October 1st, 2015, 10:32 PM
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October 2nd, 2015, 12:01 AM
#5
Nice work. Great pic as well - mine always look chitty compared to that.
The wilderness is not a stadium where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, it is the cathedral where I worship.
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October 2nd, 2015, 04:20 AM
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October 2nd, 2015, 09:00 AM
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October 4th, 2015, 09:28 PM
#8
Nice hunt......they do taste better when taken with a sixteen!
Don.
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October 6th, 2015, 07:05 PM
#9
Real nice pic, with the sun and the wings set like that.
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October 7th, 2015, 08:49 PM
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