George and I got a late start this morning which was a good thing as every thing was still very wet and the birds weren't moving. I managed a rooster after missing one twice. The finally was on our way out, spying a grouse from my truck about forty yards into the woods sunning himself at the edge of a clearing. We where on a class six road so I got out let the dogs out and hurrying over a stone wall as dogs are dashing into woods, grouse puts pine tree between us and holds just fine, dogs can smell bird and are comping back and forth, bird goes up with pine tree centerd between us and makes it half way across clearing just showing himself long enough for two clean misses.
