Re: First small game hunt... Left with questions...
Grouse will stay in the original area for years. i have had "pet" grouse that live in a 20 foot radius under a tree. They will stay for days under the snow if the weather is yucky...
Ptarmigan seem even more attached to a particular bush, when we were sheep hunting, we tried to drive one out of a bush but he stubbornly refused to leave it for more than a minute or two...he really loved that bush!
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