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Jeff- great story!

I raised several labs and have a ton of good hunting memories they provided over the years, but I have a short story about a pit bull. My oldest daughter somehow managed to get a pit bull when she was about 20 and living out of the house. At this point I didn't have any dogs and intended to keep it that way. We were supposed to babysit the dog for a couple of days (12 years later we still had the dog :)). Beve McQueen was his name.

I was going out for a sharptail hunt one morning and my wife asked why don't you bring Beve with you, he could use the exercise. Sure why not, he can't hurt anything. He hadn't been around any gunfire, but he was the opposite of a skittish dog- so should be fine. As we headed out into the prairie I could tell he was glad to be along. Then something a little odd happened. He started sniffing in the cover- wild rose, buffalo berry, snowberry and lo and behold, he flushed a grouse! I shot that grouse and it drifted into some rather thick cover. I got Beve to go in there and see if there was any chance he might even retrieve the bird. He was rustling in there making quite a bit of noise and then it stopped. I went in after him and there he was with a still live bird under his paw- well I'll be damned . We had several nice grouse hunts after that day, who would have thought.

Man what a perfect dog for me... Got all kinds of upland birds 15 minutes from the house. Thanks for sharing Great looking Dog! Good times

They require a gentle hand. Their spirit can be quickly crushed with a heavy hand.

Didn't feel like braving the cold to run ( I have it on good authority that some cold weather running gear is under the tree!) So went to the gym and spent 20 minutes on the stairmaster and then ran for a while.

4 icy miles for Tiny E and I; spent 20 minutes yesterday sharpening my microspikes- only to leave them in my truck and take my wife's car- Doh!

Upland might be some of the funnest exercise a guy can get, other than, well, you know.

What are you guys using? I have a Citori Upland Featherweight O/U.... alloy receiver, straight stock, 12-ga, 2-3/4" shells only. It's actually my second one. The first one, they used pallet-wood for the stock (no figuring) and I loved that gun. It was just getting properly scratched up when the plating started to flake off the receiver in spots. I sent it in, and was told it could be up to a YEAR... had to send it back to Japan for re-plating and so on. I was not amused. A few weeks later I came home from work and my wife said "you got a gun in the mail" (!) and damned if they didn't send me a new one! Is that even legal?! The wood is much prettier which is kind of a bummer actually in a field gun.

I have an old SKB/Ithaca (70's), 26" modified/improved- gun is beat up, but shoots like the dickens had a Winchester 101 for a while, but always went back to the SKB, so sold it (actually traded it for a Winchester M70 Featherweight)

Knocked out day one of the PNWild workout, but now baking is starting to happen in the house.. can already feels the pounds being put back on... lol

Nice all-around weight workout: 60minutes

Rower: 30minutes

4.8 mile hike. Veg & terrain reminded me of my childhood stomping grounds.

Wife, nephew, daughter:

looks warm!!!

5.5 miles with my wife and Tiny E- great way to spend Christmas Eve; now it's time to get busy w/ Alaskan King crab

Merry Christmas everyone!

Indeed it is! There's a bit of snow visible at the tops of a few of the peaks around here.

Not a fan of this area culturally (gated communities, etc) but the surrounding small mountains are steep and spectacular. It's about 8 miles there and back to the palm oasis at the end of the trail we were on. We are planning on going back with some water and snacks. This was an exploratory trip... My 10-yo nephew was running out of gas, though he's a trooper for sure and fun to hike with. We set a fast pace and he kept up.

Got in a Christmas morning run of a couple miles to offset the food that will be consumed today! Actually running pants are amazing, no cold knees. Merry Christmas everyone!!!!

Lol you mean track suit? 1980 called they want there [bleep] back...

let's two pounds of crab legs last night; biscuit & gravy and eggs this morning, ham supper this evening- that's the way do it

went to the gym this afternoon

squats 5/5/5, bench 5/5/5, pull-ups 3x10, dips 3x30, core

mumble mumble 3 flat miles mumble mumble

They're way better than anything the 80's or the Army has ever issued. Not sure why I'm running since I thought I retired from doing this, but I'm feeling good so why not?

Ten miles at Magic Kingdom.

Can't wait for Workout Thread 2019!!!

You and Jeff obama texting each other? Comparing track suits lol

Ummmmm...... No! How much longer til you're retired?