Out for the Day

[Doc Sharptail]

Took off this morning for some grouse walk-up, and a little fishing.


Trail in Agassiz forest.
Nary a grouse showed up. Party poopers. Probably weather related. It started raining agian as soon as I got out of town.



Walk em-up grouse gun. Seneca Dragonfly in .177 cal. here.
Both taken with the crappy little camera on my A-20 phone.

Tried Hazel Creek for some pike and caught 4 little ones. Lost another big one yet again. Probably try that again in a few days. Those big heavy pike are a lot of excitement on the end of the line.

Seen a nice spike White-tail buck on the fire-guard road that I drove in on. Decent hindquarters on that one!

One of my better (if not empty handed) heading out days!

[Doc Sharptail]

Sort of continuing the day trip thing here.



From the highway bridge over the Whitemouth R. at eastbound Hwy #1 and P.R. 503.



View of the river from the same location. Pike, Walleye, the occasional rock bass, suckers and I'm not sure what else are in this water. It's a good fishing spot at times~ late June to mid July for walleye and pike.



Snapping turtle on the road into Hazel Creek. This track is the original Hwy 15, which was never more than a single lane gravel road. The newer paved Hwy 15 is about 250-300 yds south of this.



Crop of image above. Her head went up as soon as I opened the car door to get pix.



After walking up for a quick snap, her head retreated under the shell. Note single youngster on her back.

-D.S.

[5thDragoons]

It always amazes me how fast those turts can move their head to snap at you. Looks like some prime grouse habitat, too! SW

[Doc Sharptail]

All cat-tails on both sides of the road. Hazel Creek is spring fed, and flows a ton of water. Mostly marsh and wet-land.
Have to get a bit of elevation over what's pictured for grouse, usually.
There have been a lot of doves and pigeons around in this area, though. I think I've photographed Trumpeter Swans on the Creek as well, and they're probably on this board somewhere.
Huge beaver colony in there too, with a couple of big ones roughly the size of a VW Beetle. I really gotta put the rod down sometime, and get pix of those.

-D.S.