Hurricane Deck

We took a trip to Converse County Park, which is really just Box Elder Canyon and the surrounding land, to do a little squirrel hunting. We made our way down the canyon, the dogs merrily traveling along while I was weighted down with my .22 rifle, our water, snacks, first aid kit, knife, bag for carcasses, the .40 in case we ran into a mountain lion, cell phone, GPS, etc. Being a lone hiker with lots of dogs I figure that it is better to be prepared for anything rather than being sorry. (My husband asked me if I was going squirrel hunting or marching on Russia!!!) Going down into the canyon was amazingly enough harder than coming back out! I had never explored the canyon before, and I was slightly disappointed that there were no squirrels to be found. The Rat Dogs, however, had a fantastic time digging up voles and ground squirrels! The babies of the group, Rooster and Baylo, were so excited when the dogs found a whole nest of voles but they didn't really know what they were excit...