Turdugs- Au Sable (not Ausable as in upstate New York) area- old Calvin R. "Rusty" Gates Jr.'s stomping grounds. May have to see old Rusty some time, have a Hardy split cane rod I'd just as lief sell and invest proceeds in guns-Graying isn't too far from Marion area- I'd take 55 over to 66 and slide down through Lake City, or I-75 down to 115- great rural setting, tons of birds and you couldn't ask for a better host than Chuck-those dogs eqarned their Purina yesterday- Destry and I extimated at least 850 or more out of the 1000 released- some real top shooters, and the dogs didn't miss many of the crips and the DOA birds-very fine retrieving indeed. He's planning to host another later part of April- my guess is Sunday- try to attend, and bring lotsa shells-you wil use them. Unlike the rural feral birds, these rascals kept recircling the tower, some even tried to re-land in that "sanctuary" but were booted out. Until I have my dose of Humility 101- Columbaire birds, perhaps in ??- as both Cuba and Mexico have turned a tad hostile to us Yanqui Gringoes it seems-maybe Spain if I get the right lottery ticket- then qand only then will I feel even remotely quaified to comment on how hard pigeons in a 20 plus MPH shifting wind like we had yesterday really are to kill cleanly in flight-I'll be willing to betcha a box of 12's that the great air aces going back to WW1 all either shot flighted pigeons, woodies or doves, or studied their flight maneuvers-and copied them to survive the airiel combat aka- "Dog fights"--Fox

"The field is the touchstone of the man"..