Northern Minnesota, Northern Minnesota Weather!

[Ed Norman]

Garry,
We are having similar situations here with the grouse and woodcock. A week ago last saturday, we went on private property about 300 acres, and had quite a day with woodcock in about a 20 year aspen forest. We thought most of the woodcock had gone south. My buddy is walking in open fields with small pine trees and finding grouse and some woodcock where he normally does not find many birds. The birds are not in their normal places so he goes to the most unlikely places and usually finds birds. His dog is ranging out 80 yards or more. I hope you get some better weather, the hunting weather has been almost perfect down here, a little cold but the dogs are running hard. We are not finding as many grouse as we hope for so tomorrow I am hunting more open fields with few trees and see if my luck changes. good luck, Ed