2026-2027 Upland Bird Thread

R.K. · 2026-10-18T21:13:10-0600

No photos, but saw my first sage grouse this weekend while chasing antelope. Flushed them randomly at about 20 yards. They seemed, at the time, closer to turkeys than other grouse in both size and flight characteristics. Kinda hard to describe, so I’ll just say this:

Damn cool birds.

Elkwhisper · 2026-10-18T22:47:33-0600

Mac Daddy is clocking in for another season....

huntin24/7 · 2026-10-19T08:27:12-0600

Haven’t seen a lot of birds being out and about this fall. My 4 month old lab was doing well with his training and comfortable around shooting so my wife and I took him for a short walk. He was able to get a short retrieve in some thick grass on the only bird we saw. He was pretty amped up after finding this ugly rooster. lol