Sherry, I live Cave Junction in a rural valley (the Illinois Valley) in Southwestern Oregon (take a look with GoogleEarth or other map program). Here we have upland game galore, valley and mountain quail, ruffed and blue grouse, pheasant, and even turkey. We also have "A River Runs Through It" type fishing for trout, steelhead, and salmon (but you can't keep the salmon caught here right now).

Just a short drive away, we can hunt chukar and huns (Hungarian partridge) and sage grouse and also find fishing where you CAN KEEP the salmon.

Wherever there is water, there are also opportunities for waterfowl hunting, ducks and geese. A Lab is one of the finest waterdogs there is and they ain't too bad at flushing upland game either. Jojoe has a great retrieving instinct and does quite well in the water for his tender age, as did his mom and pop before him. He is 5th generation chocolate but you may have noticed the spot on his right side, his JoMOCHA spot!

Looking at Bad Axe, MI, via Google Earth, you're seem to be in a pretty nice rural area yourself. I have a good friend that moved from here to the Upper Peninsula a few years ago. Perhaps sometime in the future, I could visit her and stop off at your place too, during hunting season, of course.

I hope you do well with your new pups, and Bill's new hunting gear.


Best,
Lee