I agree with Bob. I've hunted grouse for over 40 years now and have yet to make or even to be in the presence of any one who could shoot a grouse flushing out and down from a tree. The flight pattern resembles a heat seeking missile launch. I remember hunting in the Catskills, we entered an area that was a mix of pines and apple trees. My dog was extremely birdy and walking stiff -legged. Finally he pointed but was looking up a grouse dive bombed out of the pine tree and with my partners shot several more did the same from surrounding trees. We had as many as 10 such shots and neither of us touched one of those birds
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