What a great read! It makes my heart sing for you…the country, the company, the birds! You go girl & thank you for sharing your stories! Best of luck on the remaining bird seasons.
The horseman was probably just toying with you. Because the problem has always been that they CAN be everywhere. Which means you may have to look everywhere to find one.
I have a place in Wyoming where I have hunted sage grouse for about 20 years or so. I have flushed coveys of them 100 feet out of camp and have walked and driven all day without a flush.
The best part of grouse hunting to me is the uncertainty and the fact that you need to apply boot leather to up the odds of crossing paths with a bird. Sage grouse in particular are fun that way for me - walking through an endless sea of sage puts me up close and personal with the landscape. The sage looks lifeless until you start working it on foot. I am always amazed at what I come across on those trips.
Great read! This line was particularly enchanting: I quickly looked down at my clean clothes, and wondered if I'd just thrown my luck into the laundry bag.
I just got back from a 7 day grouse hunt in northern Ontario, which looked A LOT different than yours! I hunted over my 8 month old small munsterlander, Arrow, for the first time and it really took the pressure off of getting birds. I never knew hunting with my dog would be so joyful, whether or not we bagged a limit.
What a great read! It makes my heart sing for you…the country, the company, the birds! You go girl & thank you for sharing your stories! Best of luck on the remaining bird seasons.
Never met a grouse hunter with shiny boots. ;)
The horseman was probably just toying with you. Because the problem has always been that they CAN be everywhere. Which means you may have to look everywhere to find one.
I have a place in Wyoming where I have hunted sage grouse for about 20 years or so. I have flushed coveys of them 100 feet out of camp and have walked and driven all day without a flush.
The best part of grouse hunting to me is the uncertainty and the fact that you need to apply boot leather to up the odds of crossing paths with a bird. Sage grouse in particular are fun that way for me - walking through an endless sea of sage puts me up close and personal with the landscape. The sage looks lifeless until you start working it on foot. I am always amazed at what I come across on those trips.
Great read! This line was particularly enchanting: I quickly looked down at my clean clothes, and wondered if I'd just thrown my luck into the laundry bag.
I just got back from a 7 day grouse hunt in northern Ontario, which looked A LOT different than yours! I hunted over my 8 month old small munsterlander, Arrow, for the first time and it really took the pressure off of getting birds. I never knew hunting with my dog would be so joyful, whether or not we bagged a limit.