RE: Ruffed Grouse alone - No dog
I usually walk along hedgerows, and in old apple orchards. There is a spruce stand they like to roost in when it gets nasty out. Sometimes I get them sitting up in Hemlocks too.
SCARY when they fly up out of the snow! I' ve never hunted them with dogs, I prefer to just walk along slowly and hope I see them before they see me.