Rich, glad you were able to get out. Grouse season does not open in Ohio or West Virginia for a few more weeks. Even then , it is a waste of time to go out. The Ohio DNR has listed the grouse outlook as poor to very poor, and in my part of WV it is the same. I could move 20-30 flushes/day up thru about 2002 then the bottom dropped out. My diaries show 500 or so flushes per season from when I started keeping them in the early '80's (OCt- Feb season). Last year I had about 20 flushes for the season in Ohio, almost all pointed, and allowed myself to shoot at 2 and took them both.
If one goes afew hours NE in Pa., or a few hours SE to the WV mountains, things are better. Neither state has Sunday hunting, so one cant go for the weekend. C an't wait until I can go up to the UP for a month at a time. I have been running the dogs to get them in shape for the upcoming trip.
Good luck and shoot straight!!!
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