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Were they dumb up where you hunted? As in could you walk up and shoot them on the ground?

They may be nesting there. Today we worked on migrating woodcock again. Molly on left, look closely on right on top of snow in front of the ditch. This is a tough moment to capture but I am thrilled to have gotten it.

Im not familiar with guttersnipe.

Ran Molly on spring migrating woodcock this morning. We moved around 19 of them in a bit over an hour.

This tired woodcock was in the road alongside my best woodcock cover on my way to my yard today. They are migrating through here as we speak. I scooped him up and placed him in the woods. He was exhausted and if I left him be, someone with bad intent would have run him over just for fun.

We have tons, but studies have shown they don't fare too well on grouse. Hawks and owls wipe out our grouse. Don't get me wrong, coyotes, foxes, and coons do manage to kill some adults and also raid eggs, but our birds of prey are the main culprit.

Ruffs are definitely cyclic. We are one a downswing these days in my area. 2 years back we had a brutally wet and cold spring followed by a very wet summer and it wiped out the young of that year. Left us with very little. This past fall was better, but not brag worthy.

No, they are not smart enough if farm reared.

Thank you. That's like the ultimate compliment to a bird dog guy. I always thought I had good looking dogs. Thank goodness because I am painful to look at. Below is Logger my duck dog. We were canoeing out to a field for some early season geese.

Couple more A pair of ruffs A few ruffs A ruff and a moose horn Molly found. This picture carries a lot of weight with me. That was her first wild grouse where she held steady to both wing and shot. Found the horn on her way to retrieving the grouse. A special moment for me. Molly is my...

A few pics..... Getting ready Lone grouse on a tough day A woodcock and a pair of pheasants we happened upon A limit of woodcock Pre season grouse work...on point. Not always stylish, as she slams on point and whatever position she was in when she found the bird, is the position she...

I hunt woodcock like its my job. Right now, the spring migration is coming back through and I use this time each spring to work my pointer. Not this year. She had surgery on Friday for an intestinal blockage. Ate wood chips. She is out of the game for a few weeks.

Jay, I hunt grouse for these reasons. Beautiful bird, equally beautiful habitat, challenging dog work, and tough to hit in flight.

The ruffs I hunt up in Maine can be dumb, but here in PA, my dog will make say, 12 grouse contacts in a hunt. 5 will flush wild before she goes on point, 5 will flush while she is on point before I can even get to the matter to flush and shoot, and 2 might hold tight long enough for me to flush...

Willie, Ruffs, here in The Mid Atlantic/lower New England region are one of the greatest game bird challenges. They are insanely skittish, hardly let dogs point them, and will flush wild on you 30-70 yards away constantly. Theres no stepping on them here. A great day is 20 flushes, 1 to 2 kills.

I killed a spruce grouse once by accident. How do blues fly compared to ruffs? Are your ruffs spooky and wild or do you have to step on them to flush them?

You are in Wisconsin. Grouse heaven!

Blue grouse? No no no Willie. Im talking King Ruff! A much more noble bird!

Reveal yourself!