treblig1958,
Gus thanks you for the compliment. He is indeed a handsome fellow. He is also a fantastic pheasant hunter. I have been blessed with great Goldens, each one different than the others, but each just as unbelievably special as the next. Although my earlier dogs did not get many pictures, the last three, Ande, Codi (flatcoated), and Gus have been fairly well photoed. You can page through a lot of similar pictures at

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jessie/PPB/Pheasants/

This is one of my favorites


Mike A. I'm not sure why the deer died. I have found quite a few over the years, and I never can really be sure what did them in. The buck this year was not far from a county road - maybe 150 yds out. He could have been car-hit and wandered that far into the cattails to die, or he could have been injured in fighting or something else. There was not much left to autopsy.

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BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan)

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