Except for clouds of skeeters, I had a nice opening day walk through my 43 ac mid-grass prairie restoration plot. Hard to see or hear grouse with them screeching in my hearing aids while wiping them off my face. A light rain earlier and gentle breeze provided perfect scenting conditions for my GWP [img:center]http://[/img] Gus who I could see only when in close. He flushed six sharptails that I might have shot at if seen in time plus two singles, but they might have been pheasant hens. At least I made the birds a bit warier for those that will hunt later.

Pic is my old Sauer 16, a $35 WWII bringback from Cpl. Zimmermann with his bag of Lugers, Walthers PPKs and P38s plus small items and some nice doubles. [img:center]http://[/img]