I wish that Sage Grouse in MT overlapped Pronghorn for a week or 2. I suspect it doesn't on purpose so as to avoid confrontations between the bird and pronghorn hunters covering a lot of the same ground.
Id also love to see a late post-big game season season for Sage Grouse specifically to have birds fully-feathered for a nicer mount. That said, if they're anything like Sharptails they're probably pretty hard to get close to after the 1st few weeks of hunters chasing them.
I've seen 1 flock of Sage Grouse in SE MT a dozen years ago while hunting Pronghorn, couldn't get within 200yds of them. Then we saw a pair 5-6yrs ago up on a high sage flat while elk hunting Western MT in late Oct and they were quite happy to stick around for some picture taking. In both cases the season was long-closed so no need for anything more than a camera to "bag" them.
