By the grace

[thornton]

Since there appeared to never have been a post in this section, here is a thumbs up to West, by the grace of God, Virginia and the ruffed grouse hunting which in many ways defined Best in the early portion of the previous century.
A shame that those days exist only in the record.

 

[Reilly Auld]

When one suggests pheasants in West Virginia, one considers ruffed grouse, the Native Pheasant. Not the invasive Chinese ringneck.

In fact, when I purchased my first WV hunting license in 1976, the regulations indicated Ruffed Grouse (aka Native Pheasant).

 

[thornton]

Mountain pheasant was often the sobriquet in days past.