Charles H.
Active member
The past 3 years in a row when I made my grouse trip to Maine I brought a handful of decoys and some steel shot in case I saw ducks on any of the water in the area I hunt. Not once did I see a single duck on a beaver pond or creek. This year I left all that gear at home and sure enough ran into woodchucks, mallards, and a few black ducks. Go figure.
There's a lot of talk around the internet that their aren't many birds this year due to a wet spring, but there's absolutely none in my living room so I decided to give it a shot. Drove up spent three days hunting and camping and then a night in Greenville to shower and rest up before the ride home. Grouse were tough to come by but we managed a handful of flushes some of which yielded good shots and one of which I connected on. I talked to some guys staying at a near by sporting camp and they had shot 2 birds in 5 days so I don't feel bad at all.
On a side note, the Beaver are out of control were I was hunting, starting to flood over several roads. May have to take up trapping next year instead of grouse hunting!
Some pics...
First night after the long drive we camped at Spencer Bay. Saw two cows and a nice bull on the drive in, woke up to loons calling, and saw bald eagles.
Every year we stop and take a picture at this spot. The road gets worse every year, and there is a bypass around, but it's
tradition.
Taking good pics can be tough with a Labrador.
Every year we spend our last night camping at this spot. It's a nice spot to spend a night!
The camp set up, rooftop tent, my diy camp kitchen, and my diy nesting campfire chair.
Some moose steaks courtesy of my brother's trip to Alaska last month.
I need to edit out that one grass stem, but I never get tired of taking pics of this dog.
My reward back in Greenville
Shadow's reward for working so hard!
There's a lot of talk around the internet that their aren't many birds this year due to a wet spring, but there's absolutely none in my living room so I decided to give it a shot. Drove up spent three days hunting and camping and then a night in Greenville to shower and rest up before the ride home. Grouse were tough to come by but we managed a handful of flushes some of which yielded good shots and one of which I connected on. I talked to some guys staying at a near by sporting camp and they had shot 2 birds in 5 days so I don't feel bad at all.
On a side note, the Beaver are out of control were I was hunting, starting to flood over several roads. May have to take up trapping next year instead of grouse hunting!
Some pics...
First night after the long drive we camped at Spencer Bay. Saw two cows and a nice bull on the drive in, woke up to loons calling, and saw bald eagles.
Every year we stop and take a picture at this spot. The road gets worse every year, and there is a bypass around, but it's
tradition.
Taking good pics can be tough with a Labrador.
Every year we spend our last night camping at this spot. It's a nice spot to spend a night!
The camp set up, rooftop tent, my diy camp kitchen, and my diy nesting campfire chair.
Some moose steaks courtesy of my brother's trip to Alaska last month.
I need to edit out that one grass stem, but I never get tired of taking pics of this dog.
My reward back in Greenville
Shadow's reward for working so hard!
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