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| 915.1 | At least 1 Timberdoodle is back in NH | SMURF::PUSHEE | | Tue Mar 19 1991 09:06 | 7 |
| The title of .0 is generic enough that I thought this fit too.
It was wet and relatively warm (40 F) this AM when I took Sparky, my 16 month
old Brittany out for his morning walk. As soon as we got out the door, he
put his nose up and ran upwind towards the woods. He went on solid point ten
feet into the woods. I ambled on over and put up a Woodcock about ten feet
in front of his nose. It looks like our friend has made it back from Louisiana.
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| 915.2 | saw one too | LEDS::WITTMER | Kevin Wittmer SHR3-1/W6 237-6438 | Tue Mar 19 1991 11:28 | 6 |
| RE -.1
My lab put one up Sat morning in a wooded section of Worcester/Paxton,
MA. There was several inches of snow on the ground... this one was
sitting in a small puddle at the edge of a path. I'm starting to see
lots of ducks and geese as well. Spring is coming.
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| 915.3 | Morning surprise | DECWET::HELSEL | Legitimate sporting purpose | Tue Mar 19 1991 12:32 | 33 |
| Okay, here's my morning experience that's fresh in my mind. I already
mentioned it to Fra.
We were steelheading on the Penninsula In the beginning of March. We
had headed for a spot on the Hoh River in the Hoh Rainforrest. We had
parked my rig and I was taking my buddies on a nature hike to a choice
hole on the river. It was just about dawn. It had been raining all
night. The tall firs were ominous in the grey mist. Everything was
soaking wet and the rain forrest had that dank smell. In the
background one could hear the river roaring dwon from the Olympic
Mountains.
We could move pretty quietly, even tough we weren't doing it
intentionally. I was in the lead when all of a sudden I stopped cold.
As we were walking out into a clearing we were standing about 30 yards
from a herd a about 25 Roosevelt Elk. They slowly got up. They
didn't seem very nervous about us being there but they were clearly
"distrurbed". The whole herd was standing there looking at us. They
were all standing broadside to us. They were shaking the rain off of
their backs. What a sight that was!
We all just stood around looking at each other. I was going for the
video camera and my friend Paul (the elk killer himself) was scanning
the heads for points. We picked out a 3 point and a spike. The rest
were cows. A few cows furthest away started to walk into the woods at
the far end of the clearing. Over the next minute or so they started
to follow as we watched their big white butts disappear into the
darkness of the fir canopies and the mist.
Great morning.
/brett
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| 915.4 | Sheds! | SKIVT::WENER | | Wed Mar 20 1991 11:41 | 6 |
| Brett,
You ought to go back and see if you can find some antlers! There
should be a few around. Wish I was there, I'm sure it was nice.
- Rob
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| 915.5 | | GIAMEM::J_AMBERSON | | Mon Apr 01 1991 10:08 | 11 |
| Yesterday, I woke up early and decided to go "exploring".
There is a stretch of woods less then a mile from my house that I
thought would be fun to look around. I live in Northboro, MA. I had
walked for about twenty minutes, occasionally practicing with the
turkey call. Not expecting to hear a turkey, but just having fun.
I came to a big area that was all mud. Going right through the middle
of it were three perfect sets of turkey tracks! I've never seen
turkeys in Northboro. Now I'm thinking of getting out there early some
morning an seeing if I can call one of these buggers. Fun time.
Jeff
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