A grouse slam dinner has always been a dream.


We did the upland youth hunt in the Palouse this weekend. Bird numbers are way down over previous years and most of the roosters look to be second hatch. Almost no Huns and only two small coveys of Quail. Could be the wet spring or predation. I counted 66 hawks in the area we hunted. We were hunting a group of 7 roosters that we could not get to fly becasue 4 hawks were flying low ground cover. Evertime a rooster would lift off the hawks would dive on him. 106 hawks counted by the kids from the Snake river to the pass on the drive home. Strong deer year with many 4 points or better.