I know what you mean about squirrel for dinner. Looking at a family photo taken in front of the old family cabin in the hills of Eastern Kentucky. I know for a fact my kin did not cull much and ate as much wild game that was available. Cabin is long gone but we still own the land and just this year had it timbered at same time as some of the neighboring properties. It had not been timbered in last 40 years. I think it a few years time that area will be good for grouse hunting hopefully again. We used to hunt it back when I was a kid but even then the woods were way too big and old.
Unfortunately I think the resurgence of Turkey's the last several years will mitigate grouse comebacks in the Appalachians. All I can say is eat more Turkey.
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