Thursday, May 01, 2008

May Day
an ominous lump on
the radiograph

Monday, April 14, 2008

a woodchuck hole
still filled with leaves -
spring pasture

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

hay field -
at a woodchuck burrow
fresh dirt

Thursday, March 13, 2008

two geese
circling the woodlot -
melting snow

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

retriever pups
fight over the rabbit's head -
proud breeder

Sunday, March 09, 2008

freezing rain
the cold sting of sleet
on my neck

Saturday, March 01, 2008

postseason
letting sleeping dogs
lie

Friday, February 29, 2008

dusk on the
last day of grouse season -
darkness falls

Thursday, February 28, 2008

spring snow -
in the thicket a grouse eats
withered berries

Friday, February 22, 2008

icy night -
deer on the shoulders
lick road salt

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

evening sun
we hunt grouse in
melting slush

Monday, February 18, 2008

photo courtesy of Cagey and Elon Weinstein

Sunday, February 17, 2008

February thaw
brief snow goose reunion
frozen in retreat

Saturday, February 16, 2008

hunters
on the frozen mud flat
waiting

Friday, February 15, 2008

at the door
asking permission
chuck hunter

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

the truck fishtails
through muddy spring goo -
trout opener

Sunday, February 10, 2008

season's end
hunting gear at Wal-Mart
goes on sale

Saturday, February 09, 2008

a cold cold
snow blowing sideways -
crows in flight

Friday, February 08, 2008

a grouse
bursts out of the cattails -
pheasants cackle

Friday, February 01, 2008

after the bird falls
the sound of the shot
from the next blind

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

season's end -
a bucket of empty shells
in the duck blind

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

winter beaver pond
ducks on the open water
feeding quietly

Monday, January 14, 2008

season's end
the long night of the
decoys

Saturday, January 12, 2008

all that remains
of wandering ducks' dreams -
feathers

Thursday, January 10, 2008


photo by KGT, hole by Stedman

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

January
we hunt a hole in the ice -
late season ducks

Saturday, January 05, 2008

blood on the ice -
winter winds blow over the
open water beyond

Friday, January 04, 2008

indecision
making hunting plans
the night before

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

blizzard wind
at the edge of the decoys
ducks appear

Tuesday, January 01, 2008

New Year's resolve
the cancer patient orders
new hunting gear