Had Tank out the last 2 morning's...but not a sign of anything...really disapointing...Not sure how many mile's we hiked.....but we were all all my best honey hole's....that I guess have dried up...!![:@]

yeah i went out for two days....no sign of any grouse...only flushed a couple that were out of shooting range. to warm of climate right now...need to get a little wetter i was told.

The grouse population is way down in Montana also. The wife & I hunted blue grouse opening day. Wesaw 10-birds & killed two of them. The numbers are way down from the last few years. The spot we hunt is very remote. I have never seen another bird hunter there.We hunt with well trained dogs also.
Last year on opening day we saw over 70-blue grouse.

We got 4 ruffs saturday, we were riding down a road on our quads and there was 8 in the road so we got off and they flew so we snuck up to where we thought they flew and they were right there so my cousin shot one on the ground and I took two out of the air and my other cousin got one out of air. It was fun and they were good eatin.

was uparound st helens, around 5000', and saw half a dozen fat ruffs. big birds. Almost as big as blues. They are still out there...

..oh and bolete and chantrell mushrooms are popping up too. Grouse and wild mushrooms...

Here in Oregon I have been out four times and have limited each time ,3 birds . They have all been at the higher elevations around 5000 ft .

ill try going up a little higher.

The grouse went back waaaay deep in the woods when it was so hot for so long. We need some rain and cool temps to bring them back out. In the meantine, we've concentrated on Doves and Rabbits. Next weekend (10th - 11th) will be Early Goose (and it might rain) - so after that, the Grouse might just be back into huntable locations.

Yeah thats what i was thinkin.....can't wait to get me some though...good eatin