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[Okanagan]

Wet grouse after rain.  Spruce grouse I think, possibly a ruffed.

[Bills Custom Calls]

Sure looks ruffed up to me  don't know for sure but thanks for sharing

[Okanagan]

Sure looks ruffed up to me  don't know for sure but thanks for sharing

It looks a lot like a ruffed to me also, so your comment motivated me to look up ruffed and spruce on the web.  It is a hen, and had some half or 3/4 grown chicks with it, all of them wet and bedraggled.  I called it a spruce grouse in my first post mainly because of how tame it was.  Spruce let you do things like get within a few feet to take a picture, or kill them with a rock.  Ruffed are way more wild in my experience.

From the web photos I'd stick with spruce as likely.

I eat them all:  ruffed, spruce and blues.  We saw all three kinds that day.

[alscalls]

I do not think it is a ruffed but it sure looks rough........ :roflmao: :roflmao:

[FinsnFur]

Excellent grilling fodder