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Nice to see a brood of sharptails in my prairie restoration plot.
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I'm in eastern Ontario, JBLondon, and grouse populations around the property seem similar to last year, just occasional birds. I haven't seen any woodcock this year, though. Steve, you and John met in June at the SxS meet in Oshawa...both of you showing some fantastic hammer and hammer pinfire guns. Just in case you didn't recognize each other. I did, it's always great to match faces and names. The SxS meet was a great opportunity to start new friendships, and I look forward to the next event. And many more pinfires to come...
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used to hunt potter county pa game lands, during the eighties and nineties...glad to know some birds are still left there...
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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I did, it's always great to match faces and names. The SxS meet was a great opportunity to start new friendships, and I look forward to the next event. And many more pinfires to come...[/quote]
Stephen, I was the good-looking one if that helps. Haha.
Happy birthday, James. Mine is tomorrow but only 56, not quite old like carbon-14 old.
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Very kind of you John. Thank you. I got a laugh today because I got a voice mail best wishes from my BIL, who made the point that seeing as I am now 60, my life is essentially done and so worthless, so I should be out risking it by skydiving or engaging in some other stupid activity. I told him I'm just going to play with guns. You're looking good for 56. I wouldn't have thought you were a day over 55! 
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The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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James, happy birthday. Gil
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ed good, Potter/Tioga is still God's Country with plenty of Spooky Grouse and great gunning. The Woodcock hunting has not changed much either, I am just getting older and can not walk as far in the big forest any more. It is getting lonely on the mountain however, many of our original Grouse Camp members are now doing their Grouse hunting in God's never ending forest. Got to admit I miss the men badly, we had a great group for many many years. Ken Graft and my brother Kurt are the youngsters of the Grouse Camp now, both are over 50, my nephew who shows up when he can get away from work, is in his early 30's. ed if you get up this way let me know, you can walk the Grouse woods with us. Ryman Gun Dog/Dave L.C. Smith Man One of my Grouse on the drive way to the log cabin. 
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I always get a kick out of these grouse threads. There hasn't been one around here (South GA) since the ice age, if there were any then? The only one I ever saw was standing in a gravel road in prairie Saskatchewan of all places. Plenty of sharptails but just that one ruffed grouse.
I never missed the grouse because we had bobwhite quail, but now that they're gone I think grouse hunting must be a wonderful thing. Bucket list item anyhow...Geo
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ed good, Potter/Tioga is still God's Country with plenty of Spooky Grouse and great gunning. The Woodcock hunting has not changed much either, I am just getting older and can not walk as far in the big forest any more. It is getting lonely on the mountain however, many of our original Grouse Camp members are now doing their Grouse hunting in God's never ending forest. Got to admit I miss the men badly, we had a great group for many many years. Ken Graft and my brother Kurt are the youngsters of the Grouse Camp now, both are over 50, my nephew who shows up when he can get away from work, is in his early 30's. ed if you get up this way let me know, you can walk the Grouse woods with us. Ryman Gun Dog/Dave L.C. Smith Man One of my Grouse on the drive way to the log cabin. Dave, you are relatively new here. Ed makes his anti hunting views known regularly. He won't be joining you for a hunt no matter how politely you invite him.
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The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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dave: thanks for invite...would enjoy a visit to a place of fond memories...and to meet you and your doggie...
and as for canvasback and his rude personal attack, fact is...i am 75 now and have seen too much of death... as such, i take no pleasure in killing anything anymore...
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keep it simple and keep it safe...
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