But, back to the present. Opening day was two weeks ago. Todd and Steve haven"t been out much yet. Just too nice.
The boys have a new dog now. Herc is still alive and doing pretty well, but they retired him from hunting last year. Too many years of cold water gave him a pretty bad case of arthritis. They brought him along when they came out to camo the bunker a couple of weeks ago and he acted like a puppy for about half an hour. Then he nosed up a bed of hay in the kennel, laid down, closed his eyes and fell asleep. Judging by his twitching and whimpering, he must have been dreaming of some of his fantastic retrieves. He has lots of retrieves to choose from and he has darn sure earned his rest.
His replacement started hunting with us two years ago as a pup. He"s one of Herc"s offspring
