I headed to my hometown in NE Minnesota on Monday morning for some grouse hunting and deer scouting. Wiley and I hunted for part of Monday and saw lots of grouse. He was flushing them in the thick stuff and I wasn't hitting many!! We went to plan B with him healing beside me until he'd pick up scent. Then we were insync. Just had a blast and he was a treat to watch. We saw a fisher at close range, two pine martens, a black timber wolf, and quite a few deer. Here are two pix from our trip...

Sounds like just an awesome day ion the field!

That must be a trip to see a timberwolf while bird hunting!

Nice group of birds to!

great lookin pup

good to see you got into some also

The grouse hunting has just been fantastic. I've had well over 30 flushes the last two outings, now if I could just hit the darn things. Still working with the pup, but she's getting the hang of it.

I'll be out there day break tomorrow. Hopefully the winds lay down a bit.

Congrats on the ruffies.

Nice Ruffies.