icy rain
we toss out decoys
in silence

setting sun
the out of state hunter
quickens his pace

cabin windowsill
odd bits of ammunition
from 1950

morning fog
inside the cabin
we wait for coffee

after the shooting
empty shell casings float
on still water

guest haiku by Basho

all I saw of
the grouse was the bouncing
branch he left

Modified from a haiku attributed to Basho.

humming a tune
as he checks the bait set
beaver trapper

spring tags filled at last
turkey breasts on the Weber
on to bobbers and worms.

on the table
where the gutted birds lie
cheese and crackers

dying woodcock
mutely we eye each other -
I squeeze harder

the bird flushes
trigger hand in my pocket
cold wind

campfire smoke
hanging over the tent
the day's birds

guest haiku

opening day
my first shot brings down
an aspen branch

Originally posted here on Hunting Haiku Daily by Levon MacHenry. Thanks Levon!

beyond the barbed wire
rolling in a fresh cow patty -
my white setter

Halloween
the piebald buck
reappears

storm warning -
in the wood stove's cracks
flames flicker

snowy thicket
the dog's paw prints crossing
and recrossing

stillness
walking a snowmobile trail
into the covert

old farm pond
an abandoned goose nest
falling apple blossoms

grey autumn day
the trail down to the creek
slippery with oak leaves

midmorning -
the empty gun rack
at grouse camp

October cold front
we follow the dog
through icy rain

A variant of yesterday's hunting haiku made it onto the beerhaikudaily site with this memorable haiku ode to Wisconsin's Old Tamarack grouse camp and the Cayuga Bar:

Friday night fish fry
angling for drinks at the bar
I’ll have a Leinie’s

Friday night fish fry
angling for drinks at the bar
- walleye, fries and slaw

sandy dust bowl
in the afternoon sun
a grouse feather

big game hunt
Cabin Boy bags a trophy
kitchen mouse

deer camp sunrise
specks of scrambled egg
in his beard

awakened
through my open window
by turkeys gobbling

late afternoon sun -
the gobblers' tails against
spring wheat

old farm pond
the splash of geese
as they preen

turkey roost
restless noisy birds -
cottonwood buds

drumming grouse
beyond the stone wall
spring woods