Another late day grouse yesterday evening. We just got back from a short weekend trip over the highway visiting family. We pull into the yard, beautiful evening and a sunset quickly approaching within the half hour. It looked too perfect for me not to take a quick stroll down the back few acres. Grabbed my Lefever 16 and a couple kent game bore 2 1/2's and headed down. I reach a small area filled with birch and low willow/alder, picking up this guys fresh track in some light spotty snow right away. 10 mins later searching, he flushes out front and to the left, 1.5 seconds after that he falls back to earth. This pic is done black and white, but he was a gorgeous bronze coloured fan and all throughout. I'm liking these lucky quick hunts late in the evening close to home.
