Written by: Jeffrey WilkersonDecorah, IA It’s possible, I suppose, that some people live their lives in such an ordered and planned fashion that fickle chance and unthinking habit play a […]
What a Grouse is Worth
Written by: Gary TunkavigeSparta, NJ It was October of 2002 and I was hunting in Western Maine with Thicket my then nine year old Ryman-type English setter. We were working […]
U.P. Grouse Hunt 1966
Written by: Curtis TaylorChagrin Falls, OH The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is a remarkable place with its beautiful pine forests, spectacular shorelines along three of the five great lakes, and […]
Twelve Octobers of Tutoring
Written by: Rob BundayDelton, MI All hunters need a tutor; ours was a dog. Born near the shore of Lake Superior, George was a large Yellow Labrador who, for twelve […]
The Point
Written by: Nicholas HainenCarroll, OH December 29, 1979: Why do I recall events on that particular day with exceptional clarity? Ruffed grouse were plentiful in parts of Ohio then, in […]
Magical Moments in the Maine Woods
Written by: Daniel RileyWinslow, ME I am in awe with the eb and flow of life. To think my mid-life crisis would evolve into my greatest passion is sometimes even […]
Are There Mayflies in October?
Written by Charles FewLancaster, PA Herman F. Krathge, my maternal grandfather, was a lifelong resident of Oil City, Pennsylvania, and a significant figure in my life. My memories of “Gramps” […]
Woodland Gentleman
Written by: Mark ForaboscoBruce County, Ontario There are those that say he is amongst the savviest of all game birds, and I am inclined to agree. His dexterity in flight […]
The Grouse Mentor
Written by: Alan DavyPort Sydney, Ontario I could hardly believe my good fortune. It was my first season in the grouse woods and here I was about to enter a […]
Down Year
Written by: John MarxMadison, WI “So you’ve decided to take him,” she says as she enters my former kitchen. Not a question, but a statement of resignation, of contention lost. […]
