Wet grouse after rain. Spruce grouse I think, possibly a ruffed.
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/lokanagan/Aug09misc363.jpg)
Sure looks ruffed up to me :laf: don't know for sure but thanks for sharing
Quote from: Bills Custom Calls on August 16, 2009, 07:49:02 PM
Sure looks ruffed up to me :laf: 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.
I do not think it is a ruffed but it sure looks rough........ :roflmao: :roflmao:
Excellent grilling fodder :biggrin: