MTNTOUGH - Use promo code RANDY for 30 days free

Finn from the Cascades, Season 1

  • Thread starter Deleted member 20812
  • Start date
D

Deleted member 20812

Guest
This thread will serve as a running collection of the season’s adventures, which began in Kootenai County, in the Big Sky. Our maiden voyage entailed getting mildly lost in a maze of roads, getting stung in the mouth by a hornet, and shooting ruffed grouse out of a tree. This hunt was done just a week shy of 6 months of age. Finn is not solid on point yet, but is showing a very good nose and is not just running willy nilly and busting birds. We are close.

Locked out by elitism

59036333-297A-4519-838E-69BA1FE2098F.jpg

Fire hazard

CB911043-CF44-4B10-A8EC-1AB9CAA89E75.jpg

Ready dad?

1F5B6308-D849-4232-A2D4-70CD99DCE5B1.jpg

695D73A7-F7B3-4615-B250-23E5D4F68DBA.jpg

Grouse cover

B95F559E-8717-4C48-9546-B7EA1EECC9AE.jpg

No bears here

5D7EA5CD-B1A0-45A9-A3E1-939C4AC2B542.jpg

4B2551BC-4CE0-40B1-B8EB-42400F740393.jpg

Break time

5A4EB430-99E4-43FE-B59E-B5E493EE01E1.jpg

Cool tree

94BFF667-DAE5-40F3-BF71-4702D7014DBF.jpg

The spoils

8A97F924-EB99-4627-AC53-BA12E37D5C81.jpg

A tired dog

C65A9D45-C8B9-4AFE-A593-D7631A30BC11.jpg
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Nicely done!! Thanks for sharing! I will say though, it's making me jealous. Not sure when/where/how often I'll be getting out with Hank this year.
 
Nicely done!! Thanks for sharing! I will say though, it's making me jealous. Not sure when/where/how often I'll be getting out with Hank this year.

I listen to the Hunting Dog Podcast quite a bit, and they are always talking about ruffed grouse hunting. It got me to thinking how much fun it would be to do more of it. I had no idea there was such good ruffed grouse hunting so close.

Do the best you can with Hank, he'll forgive you. :)
 
Another day in the grouse woods yielded multiple hornet stings for both of us, no shots, two wild flushes, and some really solid effort at pointing. Finn slammed so hard on point once that I was dumbfounded there wasn’t a bird there. Ruffies are tough on pointers, let alone pups.

Picture perfect ruffed grouse cover

92E41334-3810-40C7-8154-6989751D7818.jpg

The road less traveled

C616199D-D7CA-4207-90F3-F4C6E672F337.jpg

Ugly dogs deserve pretty guns

803BC2E9-1A44-47EF-AD6E-4D27D7AEB462.jpg

A close encounter of the feline kind

484E9DD2-B438-4B45-98AB-ACE8272A6DDA.jpg

Hard at work

F37570D0-7B7D-4B89-A46D-B3B902D135B8.jpg

5A42DB43-68BC-4653-A856-A45F86CEE7F6.jpg

Cool down swim

47F4AD18-DA23-46C3-8644-7F440387F94D.jpg

6834D2E1-F403-4C76-8DB2-03611BF2BA86.jpg
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Great looking dog.
The sleeping position is classic...mine is on the couch upside down as I type.
Some pics allude to a large frame, others not so.
How much does Finn weigh?
 
great pics! Looks like Finn is getting a fill for the job factor as well as the fun side!

How did Finn and the cat interact?
 
Great looking dog.
The sleeping position is classic...mine is on the couch upside down as I type.
Some pics allude to a large frame, others not so.
How much does Finn weigh?

He weighs about 40 pounds right now. I am expecting another growth spurt here in the next month or so, probably top out around 60 pounds.
 
A short trip to a local spot I hadn’t hunted in several years. Put up about a dozen birds. Finn is maddeningly close to solid pointing.

4B38F267-83CC-4311-BFED-F37786546069.jpg

404DD962-0FF1-4AD1-8E69-A0D6C9461CD3.jpg
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Great looking pup you got there JLS. Glad to see you are getting him out as often as you are. He will be holding rock solid before you know it.
 
Use Promo Code Randy for 20% off OutdoorClass

Latest posts

Forum statistics

Threads
110,807
Messages
1,935,172
Members
34,887
Latest member
Uncle_Danno
Back
Top