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Nice pictures, guys.

We have another couple weeks to go until the seasons open here in Maine. Until then, we have scattered frost in the mountains this morning.

So Greg.....seeing all of these Grouse in your pictures.............are you having Grouse omelets for breakfast, Grouse burgers for lunch and last but not least roasted Grouse for dinner?

North Dakota has two seasons Feast and Famine. Greg is getting ready for the upcoming season of famine.

Actually 1cdog, in this neck of the woods, er prairie, those who like eating sharpies usually bag their season limit and freeze them the first week or two of the season. Why, because very soon pheasant season opens and sharpies just do not compete well with the big bird that first week or two following the pheasant opener.

By November the sharpies are starting to bunch and than it is really difficult to get within gun range regularly.

Greg, is just one of the old hands out here.

Ask that same question of me each and every day of the pheasant season and I will provide you with the recipe of the day. We eat lots of them, fixed so many different ways.

Hi all, Bob is right, early in the year is the time to hit them. They hold better and don't start to get wild for a few more weeks and the young ones are better eating. Around here (for me at least) the hunting season is broken down into phases, Doves first, then Grouse, then Duck (opener is this weekend), then pheasant and last is deer. Upland birds go until the end. My boys and I take advanage of all of them. Besides, I just like to hunt, so I try to get out as much as I can.

Grouse are not really hunted much by locals here, they may go out the opening day and that's it. Guys like Bob and myself know better, they are a fun bird to hunt and can be a challange.

As far as eating goes, locals call Grouse "Flying Carp", but they can taste mighty good. All in the way you cook them! I've been blessed with a wife who is an exceptional game cook.

Windy today (up to 40mph gusts), will try and get out tomorrow. Hpe to post some more pics!

Be Good all!

Greg

I don't mean to start a fight, but it seems to me that you guys out west have it pretty good. With all those open spaces and "Big Sky" country I'll bet you can actually see your bird for more than 2.5 seconds after it flushes.

PLUS I'll bet you're facing the direction it flushes with all your limbs in place.

C'mon to New England for a real special taste of humble pie. That is, once you get the alder leaves and blackthorn's out of your mouth!

Oh, did I forget to mention opening day here in Massachusetts is only 4 WEEKS AWAY!?

To be honest, we do have it good out here!!! I wouldn't live anywhere except for out here. Your right on most points, still each area of the country has it's own set of difficulties. We have lots of steep hills (it's not all flat out here) and lots of wind to contend with. There's also lots of walking and I mean walking, the birds are not always within 100 yds of the truck.

Anyway, best of luck to you with your season, hope to see some pics of your hunts.

All the best!

Greg

Thanks Greg - I'm just jealous!

You bet!!! I've hunted ruffs before, they sure can Pi$$ a guy off, with their tricks and turns. They are a fun bird!

Good Luck again!

Greg

That may be true out on the prairie, but in the steep hills where the quail and chukar hide in the far west, it's a given that you'll be standing on one leg, facing the wrong direction and worried more about falling to great bodily harm, when the bird flushes. I intend to have Greg show me how the composed hunter hunts a civilized bird this year.