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Area: North Maine woods Outfitter: Libby Camps Guide: Scott Story Dogs: Labs Kira, Gunner, Charger and Bittanies Beretta and Willie and the lone pointer Cutter Dates: October 25 - 28, 2012 Shotgun: Browning Citori Grade VI 16 gauge choked skeet/skeet Ammo: Remington Sureshot gameloads 7.5 shot A quick report on my recent hunt with Libby Camps. My hunting buddy and I had a great trip to Maine and experienced some of the fabled ruffed grouse shooting this area is known for. Lots of birds (or pa'tridges, as they are known here). Our low day was around 10 flushes and our best close to 20. They are a bit of an enigma to south Texas quail and midwest pheasant shooters used to getting shots on every flush! But they were very sporty and loads of fun. Not to mention they are found in absolutely beautiful country! Camp is very comfortable with a heck of a view of the lake from the front porch. Matt and Ellen Libby along with Matt J and Jess made us feel at home! I love home cooking and the food was served family-style and was excellent. The next to last night in camp they did Maine proud by serving the Texas boys lobster! That is service!  Home, sweet home while in Maine   Lake view  Guide HQ  The first day started off right with a great hunt and my partner ended up in the right place at the right time for the grouse flushes. He took his limit of four birds and I managed to scratch a couple down for a daily bag of six. First day's bag  The second day was one for the books as we both limited and had a number of flushes over the course of the hunt. Second days hunt with one of our brittanies, Beretta  The third day came all too soon and we had not found any woodcock. Being our first time in the Northwoods, we really wanted to at least get a flush. Scott pushed hard and got permission to hunt a low spot with alders that was reported to have a few resident birds. We got four flushes that morning and I managed to knock down two timberdoodles. They are really unique birds and I look forward to gunning for them again! We also ended the day with six grouse, three apiece. So it capped off a very memorable hunting trip with Libby Camps. My first bird on the last day! With Scott and Kira  My first woodcock, a beautiful female  Woodcock cover  And my last bird of the trip!  Kelly's last flush and successful bag...  Last day's bag  I can highly recommend Libby Camps, a great lodge with a down-home feel and superb hunting on close to 3 million acres of the great backcountry of Maine. A fantastic, enjoyable trip.. even though Sandy held us up in Boston for four days!!! Lunch in the field  Back to a comfortable camp in the afternoon  A walk in the woods on the last point of the trip  The small pleasures  Sunset over Millinokeet Lake  On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | ||
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Happy to hear you Texas boys enjoyed a little Yankee hunting. Enjoyed your comment on Grouse being a bit of an enigma, there are days in New England over pointing dogs if you have 10 Grouse in the air you see 4 and 2 maybe shootable. Good luck with your quail season let me know if your coming back perhaps the dogs and I can come up for a visit | |||
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Very nice Russ. Relaxtion mode to the hilt. I will have to make that trip one day. | |||
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Fine pics with some of the best eating birds there are. Real nice on the Woodcock Russell, congrats! Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Looks like a great place to hunt. Nice photos. | |||
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