11.   This year once again none of the crew had a Big Game license, but keeping with tradition we headed to Maffer's Cabin in Tors Cove on the Southern Shore for a few days of small game hunting. Sooley, Maffer and Janes arrived on Wednesday, while French and I arrived Thursday evening.

10.   It was a great couple days for hunting as the weather was for the most part clear and dry.

9.   Friday morning French and I placed our shotguns into our ATV gun boots and headed over to Cape Pond Road to ride the back country looking for Grouse.

8.   Having seen and shot them in this area earlier that fall, we were disappointed to not spot any that morning.

7.   On the way out we met up with Maffer, Janes and Sooley who left the bikes and walked in around the river and also didn't see anything. Sooley did manage to do a great job of getting the bike stuck on a log in the ditch, and we all helped by laughing until he got it out.

6.   That afternoon French and I set out a bunch of rabbit slips in the woods behind the cabin while the guys went looking for something to shoot, once again with no luck.

5.   That evening we put on an awesome BBQ, with steaks marinated in a wicked new sauce by Diana.

4.   Saturday French and I checked our slips and found one rabbit, which is certainly better then nothing at all. We took up our slips as we were heading back to town later that evening. Later that day, we hopped on the bikes again and headed over towards Mobile First Pond Road, where we crossed the standpipe for the Hydro Station and headed over to the pole line. We travelled the pole line exploring lots of side trails for hours without seeing a single living thing. French eventually got bored so we set up a few targets and fired off a few shots on a bog. French got his trick shot down pat, ejecting a shell from his Browning BPS pump, and shooting the spent shell before it hit the ground!

3.   Meanwhile Maffer's young fella Gavin came up to the cabin so he, Maffer, Sooley and Janes drove to Gully Pond road in search of Grouse. This time luck was in the air and they spotted three and harvested all three Grouse. All in all it was a much more productive day.

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0.   Saturday evening French and I headed home to get ready for the annual Turkey Shoot at the St. John's Rod and Gun club the following day. It was an awesome event, my shooting has greatly improved since my first event at the Ducks Unlimited Shoot earlier this year. The gun club crew had a fine feed of Deep Fried Turkey and all the trimmings to match, a great end to a great weekend.

Cheers, MIKE