This weekend brought to you by...

Mother Nature.

Been snowing off and on all week, and combine the heavy snow, bad roads, and below zero temperatures and I think I will stay close to home this weekend.

I have this interesting drift developing on my roof:

And here's a few other pictures from around the home place...

October in Review

I realize I've been lacking in  the photo posting department recently, so here are a few photos from our October exploits.  Hopefully more to come in November and December, so stay tuned...

No Hunting

The Blues

This past week found me chasing my Montana nemesis, the forest grouse, this time in the Judith Mountains of south-central Montana.  Beautiful country, and quite a change from my normal flatland haunts.  A fact not unnoticed by my legs, nor my lungs.  The air gets noticeably thinner when you start getting over 7000'.

Some great country in this part of Montana.  I heard some bugling elk one morning, and saw a big black bear one afternoon as he ran out of a small piece of cover I had just hunted through.

 

And finally, after several years of trying, my first mountain grouse, a nice big blue grouse, taken over a point by Bull.

I believe this is the 11th species of upland bird I have taken over Bull in his career.  In fact, the next day he made a nice point on what would have made an even dozen when he found some ruffed grouse, but they eluded my shooting.  Which leaves something to look forward to next season...