2026-2027 Upland Bird Thread

Last weekend was supposed to be grouse camp on a small tract of national Forest that usually holds a few birds and fewer people.

The pancreas has other ideas. 3 days in the hospital on a steady diet of saline and Dilaudid got me kicked loose Friday evening. Spent Saturday working up the nerve to eat solid food, and then took the dog to a new cover Sunday for a few hours. Moved a couple doodles but it was dry as a popcorn fart & windy to beat all.

So instead of a nice nighttime shot of a wall tent, or a tired dog with a couple of pats, here's what the ER room of Munson looks like.

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Giving it the week before hitting it all again. Greta has a bit of a hot spot on her wrist still so we're both batting about average considering the last few seasons.
 
I always have a goal to shoot a MN public land rooster. Goal accomplished. The first couple outsmarted me by flying on the opposite side of bushes. But by applying every bit of brain capacity I have, I got the third one. Well okay. Truth be told, it was my labs who outsmarted it. But I didn’t miss!IMG_0194.jpeg
 
Gonna head out today for a little pheasant hunting again. Nice weather after about 6 days of rainy weather. I will report back with results! 37 degrees, sunny and 10 mph winds.....awesome weather!
Beautiful morning today. Good luck!
 
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