A promise of things to come:



This pup was quite ill the first year of her life. 2015 really counts as her first season, and while she has a ways to go, I think she will get the hang of it. The auto-immune disorder she suffered hasn't hurt her nose, from what I can see.
Special thanks to my hunting buddy, Lloyd, for tolerating the two of us on this trip.

The Darne 20 gauge R10 was purchased from it's elderly owner this fall, and was built in the late 1940s, and had never been fired or used in all those years. I had to dismantle it and clean oil and grease that looked for all the world like hard varnish out of it before I could use it. But, use it I did, and will continue to do. A spectacular find with useful 25 1/2" barrels with IC and MOD chokes. The gun gods owe me nothing, that is for sure.
The look on her face seems to indicate she is ready for more. But, this was the end of a wonderful trip to Lake of the Woods county.

Best,
Ted