Heading to the Interlake next month, but I won't be shooting because of eye problems. Chief guide and bottlewasher. I'm not too optimistic as ruffed were hard to find last year, but we did get a few spruce grouse. Sharptails seem to be coming back. Further west, some friends are finding very high populations of gray partridge in western Saskatchewan. Excellent duck brood production here in SE ND and season opened last Saturday, but who wants thin young birds?