Grouse Season in Montana ~ 2010 - Day 2

Fog and 34 Degrees 8:00am

Michael & I headed up river this morning. Private property that is ideal grouse habitat. It has been a favorite spot for many years and we had high hopes of improving on yesterdays poor results. We ran Blackie, Mickey and Sport for several miles up a broad and very flat creek bottom. It was overcast and everything was still wet from yesterdays rain. The dogs all performed well and busted brush all morning without finding a bird.

We came home for lunch at 2:00 and Karen told us  3 or 4 grouse had just left  the yard and walked into the woods. We put Sport out and he found them and had a good lesson in dealing with grouse.
After lunch we headed over to Fatman and walked 2 side roads and found nothing.

We never saw a bird except for the 3 in the yard. One flushed into a tree above us and it was the first young bird I have seen all summer. There are no baby grouse this year and it looks like I may be doing a lot of fishing this fall.  DWT