Go North young man.......

[MARSHFELLOW]

First trip to Northern Maine to search for Ol' Ruff for this 3 1/2 yr old youngin'. Leave tomorrow!! Yippee.
tjw

[loggy]

Tom,
That a great looking dog. Have fun and safe travels. John

[Fin2Feather]

Great pic Tom. Good luck and enjoy the trip!

[Jim Cloninger]

Report back on how Splasher does on Ruffed Grouse, Tom.
Jim

[DSizemore]

What a picture...!

[jolly bill]

Splasher looks like he's wanting you guys to hurry up. Great looking dog there Thomas.

Have a safe and happy trip and in the field.

And as Jim c. says, a report with an occasional picture would be nice.

[Woody]

How was the trip?

[MARSHFELLOW]

Woody,

The trip was FANTASTIC!!!..... never harvested a bird. We saw a pile of birds, 20ish a day, from the truck... morning & evening riding around. We werent into letting the dogs out from the truck to flush them. We had 5 flushes (4 grouse & one woodcock) and never had a decent and/or safe shot. Only up there for a total of 2 days hunting. Dogs worked great. BIG country up there. Very nice facilities. Caught decent weather. Saw a very nice bull moose standing in the middle a logging road at about 25 yrds.
Looking forward to going back next year. May go out around here this afternoon to see if we can find a pa'tridge or two.
tjw