First bird trip of the year, and it was a great walk in the woods with my son and our pointers. We went to some of our favorite grouse spots and they are gone!! A few birds to shoot at, and the rest flushed wild but no birds in hand. Our dogs worked their tails off for two full days over 5 different spots, and this is the worst I have ever seen it! These were spots that I had previously limited my harvest to two birds in an area just to give them a brake. Anyway, It was still a great trip being out in the woods again.
On a good note we heard the shots and saw the moose of a group filling their LEH draw, and a few hundred yards later we saw some Louies on the tree line watching us and one was a shooter. Luck for him we were bird hunting. Good luck and safe hunting everybody!
