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Day 1. Long day (12,300 steps)



The tools of the trade




My reward at the end of the day (3 of them, one for each bird, none of which I killed), my guiding skills have clearly improved).

Your brother still own that spiffy little English 20 gauge? Or, is he carrying that 870…

Best,
Ted

The 870 is my truck gun Ted. He still has that dainty little J. Graham but he won't get here until later today.

The day before the opener here, down in the deepest and darkest part of the forest..





Road birds, 870 fodder.

some speak of heaven on earth...

you are there...

thank you for giving us a glimpse...

My opening day was a little longer, but less productive. I covered 18,970 steps while Dusty covered quite a few more. A nice 70 F with sun, made it plenty warm, but not unpleasant. We heard 5 grouse, laid eyes on 2 of them, and shot at none of them. But we saw some interesting things along the way.







An intriguing pile of mysterious fish bones multiple hundreds of yards from the river. There were at least three of them all next to each other. They were probably 2-3 lb fish when they were alive. But what were they and how did they all get here? I can only guess.





Lots of different kinds of mast out there right now. These are pretty tasty.


I drove to my planned site for next week's woodcock opener and found this. Not too happy with that, and I can't see what there is log up there. I will have to find my woodcock elsewhere.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/eezFG5o.jpg?1[/img]

And this was a bit of a surprise, given my location. But very cool.





My reward was a bottle of Coke on the way home and a flat iron steak soaked in equal parts Lagavulin, soy sauce, and my own maple syrup, grilled to 113F, and sliced thin. Pretty good.

Looks like a pair of spruce grouse there, Lloyd. I would have taken one home. They are way under rated.

Brent: Now that you mention it, those are Sprucies. The dark barring on the chest plumage is the clue for me.

This one isn't.





It was a road bird evening here (before the opener the next day). I counted 7 on the ride home Friday night.

Finally got one to cooperate yesterday.



Odd tail configuration, eh?

Also...



Aurora Borealis here last night. Not as dramatic as it can be, but still neat (it's been awhile since I'd last seen it).

BrentD

How is it you walk 18K steps and burn 936 calories and I walk 12K and only burn 164? My iPhone app is tricking me, reverse psychology to encourage me to walk further.

What weight have you got entered in the app?

I do not put much stock in the calorie counting