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September 15, 2016
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I shimmy the brown metal gun safe away from the wall, it’s covered in bumper stickers not unlike a lunchbox or a water bottle. This safe is one of the last items of personal adult importance still residing in my childhood bedroom in Southern Maine. Several of my old sporting magazines slide lazily
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May 19, 2016
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Dogs, Outdoor Art & Literature, Uncategorized
It cost me twenty-eight dollars to spring him, but it wasn’t his price that interested me, instead, it was his demeanor. Friendly, though slightly reserved covered it. And he sat in the front seat on the way home and acted like he had always belonged there. From then on, he did. I could …
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March 30, 2016
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Dogs, Ruffed Grouse, Uncategorized, Woodcock
As I sat at my desk to finally write on my blog, it’s been since late September from my last entry, I could not stop thinking of one theme that sums up last fall…FIBBER. Like a 5 year old tearing a small piece of wrapper on their present under the Christmas tree and denying it…. …
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September 23, 2015
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Dogs, Guns, Outdoor Art & Literature, Ruffed Grouse, Uncategorized
With all the mist and haze…I’m starting to come out of a fog. I see the sun bursting through the trees and in my eyes as the deep reds of the autumn leaves interject and find their way to guide the sun’s rays to me. I can smell the aroma of decay …
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September 15, 2015
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Hidden away among the thorns, he struts; not passively mind you, but without any discernable purpose. He dodges the advances of the oncoming spikes, bobbing and weaving masterfully through the maze of brambles he calls home. He stops momentarily, just long enough to devour several ripe barberries, then
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September 11, 2015
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Dogs, Guns, Outdoor Art & Literature, Publications, Ruffed Grouse, Uncategorized
My friend, Giuseppe asked me to share with the readers of The Grousefather my worst misses on a ruffed grouse. I told him that this was like finding the proverbial needle in a haystack because I miss so dang much. However, after some thought, one particular grouse really stands out in my mind and …
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August 28, 2015
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Guns, Outdoor Art & Literature, Ruffed Grouse, Uncategorized, Woodcock
We’d been walking for several hours, neither of us speaking a word. Even the dogs at heel sensed the tension in the air. Frank looked hangdog while he occasionally checked his cell phone for service. My feet were sore and only getting worse in anticipation of the ten miles back to civilization when all of …
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June 13, 2015
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June 10, 2015
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Dogs, Guns, Outdoor Art & Literature, Publications, Ruffed Grouse, Uncategorized, Woodcock
THE HUNTERS PRAYER was sent to me couple of months ago when I was tagged by a buddy on instagram who inherited a sign that hung in his grandfather’s office for many years. a short set of words which say….. “Let me shoot clean, kill clean and if I can’t Kill Clean, PLEASE,
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June 4, 2015
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Dogs, Ruffed Grouse, Uncategorized, Woodcock
I consider myself fortunate to have had the pleasure of seeing many different breeds go from “Mouse to Grouse”. The special feeling you get as you wait for the breeder to tell you the pups are ready to go and you drive over to bring home that bundle of promise. That high for …
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