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That ’ s one of the beauties of hunting with a good bird dog , and I say without equivocation that I don ’ t think I ’ d hunt birds without a dog . It ’ s just too joyful . •
the red wine .
Finally , add a couple of heaping tablespoons of red jelly with lingonberry , my favorite , and mix with the wine and butter .
Reduce heat and cook it until you have reduced that fine sauce to about half . Pour it over the cooked grouse breasts and serve with a fresh garden salad and uncork a bottle of good merlot , shiraz or cabernet wine . Ah , friends , that is living , and they say in the beer commercials .
September Fishing
Though it ’ s not my favorite month for fishing , and October actually gets better , September is the beginning of a fishing passover .
This time can be great for largemouth bass and walleyes if you can avoid the turnover , which in our part of the country usually takes place in late September . Weeds begin to die and you start to see floating vegetation that comes off the bottom . That ’ s the cue for good fishing to begin in about 10 days .
I always try to fish Lake Lou-
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ise , a small impoundment northwest of Miller , SD , following the turnover , by concentrating on the last stands of green weeds . Almost always , those areas will hold lots of bass . Fish them with a jig and pork frog . Cast it into the weeds and when it hangs on weeds , snap the rod until you free the jig , then let it fall . That ’ s when most strikes occur .
I love to fish , but freely admit that September is better for shotgunning and heralds in pheasant and waterfowl seasons , each of
which offers its own special magic .
If I can ’ t locate Wickerbill on a pleasant September afternoon , I ’ ll take Dee out and walk the Grasslands . She can ’ t locate birds like Wicker ’ s pointing dogs , but if she finds a bird she does point it and usually holds it well .
That ’ s one of the beauties of hunting with a good bird dog , and I say without equivocation that I don ’ t think I ’ d hunt birds without a dog . It ’ s just too joyful . •
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