As outdoors columnist Steve Meyer embarked on his annual late-spring Interior hunt, he pondered what makes a tradition — and what changes make a tradition better.
“Well,” I said to Christine. “Not a great start to a new tradition.”“We won’t be able to do the ‘Shoot for the Cure’ this year,” she said.
The annual sojourn started with a near-frantic desire to expose a young Winchester, our first pointing dog, to as many wild birds as possible. Wild birds make the bird dog and as a pup Winchester had shown promise that we could not have envisioned. So, off we went.
Except for the spring when the beer bug prevented much travel, we’ve made the trip ever since, but it has evolved a bit. Turns out that a 1,400-mile road trip, and a bird hunt compressed into 36 hours are doable, but exhausting and perhaps, dare I say, except for the brief time on the ground with Winchester, not so much fun.
“Oh,” she replied. “I think they’ll figure out a way. If they smell birds, Hugo won’t give up until he finds a way. I’m more worried about us climbing up after them; we’ve never had to do this before.” By the time we made it over the wall, Hugo was a dot up the distant slope, rigid in point. As we moved closer to Hugo, the bird he pointed had gotten skittish and flushed early, flying back our direction. The smart bird flew right between us, offering no shot.
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