Beryl’s first duck hunting foray at age 4
February 14, 2009
Fisher decided it was too cold to go duck hunting in mid-January, but Beryl was game. She sat patiently in the blind for two hours. We had a flock of about a dozen swans fly over the blind, perhaps 70 feet over us. That seemed to impress her. I got a shot at two mallards, but they had flared just a little bit out of range. As you’ll see, it was a beautiful morning (too sunny for ducks) on Sauvie Island just below our house on the Willamette R.
Beryl with the trainer cap gun that she and Fisher share
The last day of grouse season ‘08 – ‘09
February 14, 2009
Ian and I decided to head into the Coast Range to search for grouse on the last day of the season. Lucy, his springer spaniel, was pretty excited (as always).
Grouse production was low this year in the Coast Range, but it was too snowy to head up onto the shoulder of Mt. Hood. We had nary a flush, but enjoyed a good day in the woods and explored the edges of some extensive beaver ponds. It was a great day in the woods though not a shot was fired.
