Well now that my favorite grouse spot seems to be out of the bag, may as well do a report on my trip up this weekend.
Got up to Rock marsh by 6:30 saturday morning. Walking out to the spot right after legal shooting time, my buddy flushed 2 to his right. too bad i was on his left because as one will discover from this I need to get my buddy out to the range! 
Trees were not only holding 95% of there leaves still, but it also seems that they are almost all green still. So that made this dog less hunt even that much more challenging.
The 1st half hour we did not see a bird of any sort. Then it seemed to be magic hour. I could barely see the orange of mybuddy through the leaves, and I hear BANG BANG!… then I hear him call “4 Birds come on over I know where they flushed too.” to which I responded “4 birds 2 shots. You got one right?” “No I went high then low.!” Well these birds hit the ground running never to be found again. Well about 15 minutes later he stumbles onto 3 more birds. BANG BANG BANG! “Please tell me you got one!” a say. Nope missed them let’s go get them. NOTHING! 20 minutes later. I hear one flush from my right once again towards my buddy. BIRD YOUR.. BANG BANG… @#$% IT!!!!! needless to say I didn’t even have to ask 
By this time we had company in the woods, and about every 15 minutes for a good 2 hours you would hear someone taking a shot. Not sure how they were doing, but I knew how we were doing. 8 birds flushed none in the bag.
After a quick lunch break around 10 we headed back in we found a new spot, which did nothing but toss more frustration into the day for me. I was walking along the south side of a fallen 30′ pine, when I hear 2 birds flush to my buddy on the north. ( got to give the birds credit they know which is the safe way to fly.) BANG! you guessed it another miss. about 10 minutes later He jumps a woodcock, BANG BANG … BANG!…. My buddy just looks at me, and says Hey I still had one more shot left. Yeah well I figured I would save you the shell, and I can only watch you miss so much. 
his 2 shot, Nothing but alot of leaves. My one shot for the day, and I bag a bird! 
all in all good day, in the fact that We were in the woods, so it couldn’t have been a bad day. Total number of birds in the bag, well good thing I’m not basing my day on that.
haha sounds like a fun day!
