Taking an overnight camping trip north of the Mackinaw Bridge to get into good bird cover.
It's been since last season that I've shot at a ruffed grouse. The blues in Colorado last month spoiled me being bigger & slower. Finally got a shot off at the 3rd and went 2 for 3 after that.
The woodcock took a minute to find hung up in a spruce.
The tailless grouse was a cripple that tried hiding in a hole and the dog couldn't pry it out.
One year old female lab. First pic is her first grouse, Francolin grouse. 2nd is her first rooster pheasant. Had I known the grouse was a Francolin I would not have taken it. She flushed it straight up over my head and was a snap shot. Oh well. The other lab is my 11 year old female. She is a bird machine. MTG