Ol puppyhound and I went out after rabbits yesterday. Fresh powdery snow. Nobody in the woods. Nice. In a couple of weeks after the grouse season ends there will be even fewer other hunters. It's my favorite time to hunt.
That beagle isn't strictly a bird dog but I get more flushes on grouse and woodcock when I'm with him than I ever got without him. We were on marginal grouse land but he flushed a nice one. I just enjoyed watching it fly away. I had the gun with me but didn't want to shoot at anything. It got me to thinking about the winter trout season that starts in a couple of weeks.
