If you do some research on the internet about how to hunt them, describing them as dusky grouse may help. Some years ago it was discovered that the blue grouse in the inland mountains are genetically distinct from the blue grouse along and close to the west coast. The coastal ones continue to...
The best pheasant habitat I ever hunted has been ruined by putting cattle on its stalks every fall. Used to have plum thickets, yuccas, native grasses, hemp, and koschia in its draws, and - lots of pheasants. All gone.
I began hunting NW KS in the mid-90s. Hunting was so good. I had good luck hunting without a dog for five years and then it got even better when I got my first bird dog. My hunting partner and I sometimes had our four-bird limits before lunch.
This opening weekend we hunted what was an...