A Feast to Reward the Hunter. Roast Stuffed Grouse. A new endowment takes off, and other talk. One bird hunter's guide for the perfect dog bell. Excerpts from Mark Jeffrey Volk's The Upland Way.
Imperfect planning makes for a perfect day.
It was the middle of a great Minnesota season, but the trees still held their leaves. Most of the birds we found were in thick alder groves and it seemed each flush found a grouse buzzing out over the tops of these small trees. It was tough winshooting, and I admit to bagging not a single bird.