Spend the summer working your dog and your shooting skills. Join the Navhda "North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association" to really work the dog.
Join a Sporting Clays league and get your long range shooting down.
Go late season and whackem.

Music washes away the dust of everyday life
Some people wait a lifetime to meet their favorite hunting and shooting buddy. Mine calls me dad
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