Enjoying a free upland game permit and checking the odds
FRANKLIN GROVE, Ill.--Old dogs know stuff.
So when Maggie took off running Wednesday through the big bluestem of the restored prairie at Franklin Creek State Natural Area--Nachusa Prairie, Steve Komes hustled after his 11-year-old Springer.
He was closest when Maggie busted a long-tailed, brilliantly-colored rooster pheasant into the air. Two of us promptly missed it, our only chance of the day.
Wild birds know stuff, too.
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