I always get a kick out of these grouse threads. There hasn't been one around here (South GA) since the ice age, if there were any then? The only one I ever saw was standing in a gravel road in prairie Saskatchewan of all places. Plenty of sharptails but just that one ruffed grouse.

I never missed the grouse because we had bobwhite quail, but now that they're gone I think grouse hunting must be a wonderful thing. Bucket list item anyhow...Geo