early Christmas gift -
Path Walker and Safari
plan next year's grouse camp

holiday party
a stranger and I talk
about bird dogs

snow roost hole -
checking the grouse turds
for freshness

cormorants glide
over sea duck decoys -
autumn sea

unfilled tags -
a herd of deer walk through
the backyard

too busy to hunt -
I open the freezer door
for last year's deer steak

winter rain
a grouse picks at buds
through the ice

winter rain
the dark legs of a deer
move through brush