Great day chasing grouse in the woods

[deadeye]

A friend and I had a great time yesterday. Weather was perfect for chasing grouse.  New light fluffy snow
showed fresh tracks and the birds held close.  We bumped quite a few deer in the process and saw many
fresh deer beds.

[snow1]

Nice D.E. , gotta love mid winter upland bird hunting,a skiff of fresh snow always always gets me giddy with shotgun in hand heading out always hoping for the best...Don't see a bird dog? does your buddy retrieve? take hand signals? curious....j/k.

[deadeye]

snow1,
Ha Ha. Now we had to do the locating, flushing, shooting (missing sometimes) and retrieving all by ourselves. No dogs involved which is probably why the birds held so close. 

[snow1]

So D.E

Are you saying you flushed these birds? hell glenn would've  ground balled them..Curious if you found the birds holed up in the fir tree's? been years since I hunted ruffies late season.

We,ve been whacking sharptail and praire chickens near my place but,not the best table fare like a ruff grouse,even after a full day in the slow cooker with cream of mushroom soup these birds have a gamey taste,buddies love them tho,I usually pass and hit the pheasant  like a duck on a june bug.

[dakids]

You were chasing birds when you still have a tag in your pocket?

[deadeye]

Good point there dakids. In retrospect I should have gone bow hunting while my friend chased deer, er I mean grouse to me.