Cool cayugad. I have never hunted Grouse. We don't have them down here in Georgia that I am aware of. Glad you at least got to see some birds. Quail and Duck season starts down here in about three weeks. I am going to try and get some hunting in with my Boykin Spaniel Charlotte. I have a buddy that has a TC New Englander. I believe that is a smoothbore too. I may try to borrow it to see if I might want to try BP shotguning. What do you use to measure your shot and what do you mean by over the shot cards.