Yesterday was the first day Floyd and I ran our dogs. My MutttPak, Abby and Willa, are in the photo. The other two Britt's, Floyd's Sadie and Pop wouldn't take part in the photo. We hunted edges of a 150 acre clear cut for an hour and a half while temps were cool and found a covey of a dozen or more birds. We left it alone after two birds. While hunting the clear cut edge, Floyd got an alert on his tracking that Sadie was 150 yards into a bottom on point. We went in. Our three dogs were strung out in a line backing Sadie for 50 yards. It was great to see the first day out with them. A woodcock flushed. WC season is 17 days away and we are loaded with birds already because of the northern weather. About noon after we finished at 11, we were looking for more wc habitat and saw this vicious looking, but harmless hognose snake in melanistic phase. Beautiful snake but seeing it reaffirmed our choice of ending when we did because we were in serious EDB rattler country. Whose nose? Only the nose knows. Gil