How’s everyone’s seasons been going so far? The unusually warm temps and dry weather have made for a weird season thus far. Been needing short sleeves and bug spray for my hunts as opposed to warm layers. This week the weather seems to have finally taken a turn towards colder and more fall like temps, so thats a plus. The big wind a few days ago knocked down a lot of leaves and opened some shooting lanes, but its still abnormally green for the first week of Oct.
Overall, the general consensus is numbers are down significantly from last year. Trails where I’d flush 10 birds on last year, I’m lucky to flush 3. I have found some pockets that seem to have much better numbers, but its pretty hard to deny the abnormally wet spring did a number on the grouse broods this year. I’ve seen very few young of the year birds this year. Everything I’ve shot so far have been old mature birds.
Here’s what I’ve found in the crop of 2 birds I’ve knocked down this week.
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