I had a great three days of Blue grouse hunting last weekend. By the time we arrived in camp on Saturday, got camp set up, and drove the ATV up to where I was going to hunt, I only had about an hour of hunting time. (I actually had much more than that, but I do not like to hunt late into the evening for two reason; One, if I lose track of a dog I want to have time to locate him before dark. Two, I don’t like to push birds right before dark as that is when they are preparing for evening/night and pushing them into places that they wouldn’t ordinarily be or busting up coveys makes them more susceptible to predation.) So, I hunted for about an hour and was very pleased to get two grouse.
The next day Lisa and I drove the ATV up again to where we had hunted the night before. This time we hiked one level higher and quickly shot a limit of birds.
On the third day we drove back to the same general area. This time Lisa brought her lawn chair, her cup of coffee, and a book. She was able to sit on a big knoll right at the bottom of the big north facing bowl that I hunted. We also had radios so that we could keep in touch. This way she could relax and watch the whole hunt from the comfort of a chair. She loves to watch the dogs hunt. I hunted even higher than I did the day before and was again able to get a limit.
Lisa and I had a great time, and the dogs of coarse were pretty happy about things as well. Of the birds that I shot, only two were not pointed, which is pretty good for a western Blue Grouse hunt.

Jay