You need to try W. VA or Wisc, both very close to you... Michigan has been over hunted in the past few years, probably will take four or five years to recover. So hunt the other states that are close to you, Michigan is a bust !

Bindlestiff, great posting could not stop laughing, really holds true for fly fishing. Unfortunately here in eastern Pa., you hunt where the state leaves them at least for pheasants, but it's better than no birds or hunting at all.

From the Connecticut river to Lake Champlain and up into Ontario a bit - but "you can't get there from here".

Anywhere I get an invite...hint, hint

My back yard still has plenty of birds, in spite of my best efforts.

On any given day,one of these two places,or others that look just like them

Looks like Heaven to me.






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If you know the UP and get off the two tracks and beat the brush, there are still plenty of birds. Woodcock seem to be down in the last few years, but I think that is wide spread in the upper Midwest. Have checked on West Nile in grouse up here, but there have been no reports.

Ditto on WN in VT as well. I spoke to a biologist for the VT F&G Dept.






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Markover, occasionally Addieville and northern Maine near Kokadjo (spelling may be incorrect)