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Woodmaster,

Agree with your evaluation of the Grouse cover pic on only that part...Perhaps 100 yards away was this cut.....



We found Grouse in the pine area in the early morning.... we guessed they were using the pines to roost....down below me in the pic was a really nice small stream.... they had pretty much every thing they needed right there.

In fact killed this young Bird as it tried to cross over into that new cut....Someone was looking for a rest stop.




Here is another pic of a cut that was loaded with Woodcock for two years in a row....Last year we missed the better part of the flight in that particular area...Had some Birds, but nothing like previously....One of us would stay on the outside edge and would often get shooting if they crossed...






One thing that was interesting was that if we found Gray Dogwood trees with berries hanging Grouse were usually close by....On place was back in perhaps 3/4 of a mile and the cover was older and fairly open with fields and old pines, but more than a few Gray Dogwood trees.....7 Grouse came out from under one pine out in the middle of an open wild grass field....