Salton Sea to Arctic Ocean

[glass eye]

My niece’s husband hunts big game but became inspired to try upland bird

 

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Quick detour on the way home.

 

[Hunting Wife]

Dang near a grouse grand slam on this one trip.

That’s awesome.

 

[glass eye]

Dang near a grouse grand slam on this one trip.

That’s awesome.

Saw 1 Ruffed Grouse that my dog flushed up into a tree but before I could get in position it flew off. That was north of Chicken Alaska.

 

[nastynate]

Awesome trip! How does the lab do with all the prairie grouse? I have a pretty close ranging lab that is great with pheasants and ruffed grouse, and want to go get some of those other prairie birds! Feels like most prairie grouse people use pointers. Do you flush a lot out of range? Do you personally have experience with your lab and pheasants? How do the prairie birds compare?

 

[glass eye]

When I see Centinela in Mexico (Mt. Signal) then I’m home.
10,465 miles (trip odometer went to zero at 10k)
17.5 mpg
Almost 220 hours behind the wheel
After 33 days on the road I come home to find that it has cooled down from 119* to 100*

 

[Salmonchaser]

Mighty impressive, well done.

 

[glass eye]

Awesome trip! How does the lab do with all the prairie grouse? I have a pretty close ranging lab that is great with pheasants and ruffed grouse, and want to go get some of those other prairie birds! Feels like most prairie grouse people use pointers. Do you flush a lot out of range? Do you personally have experience with your lab and pheasants? How do the prairie birds compare?

I jump shoot ducks with her so she knows to stay close, although she forgets that sometimes.
This was her first upland hunt and she loved it and I loved watching her. However, in Montana she wore herself out and now she walks like a 16 year old dog (she’s 4) I hope she recovers 100%
It kills me to see her like this.

 

[Id-Dave]

Thanks for taking us along. Heck of a road trip...