Boiseboy

i get my grouse in the mornings too. usually before 9 i get up and get out there. During mid day it seems like they disappear but i am only a novice at grouse hunting so it may have just been where i was looking. I am glad to see that i am not the only one who has trouble finding them. thank you very much for the hints on where the grouse go. Where do you go hunting by the way? northern ID maybe?

I am currently going to u of i up in moscow, but this last weekend i went camping with my parents just past idaho city along the north fork of hte boise river. and of course i brought the guns. I went grouse hunting for 3 days and finally on the last day i got one. The thing is i have only been grouse hunting twice and i have no idea where to look or where they are. I started last year on opening day and i just decided that i would walk around the mountains with my dog until i finally found some. Luckily i did find some with some very hard work. This year I did the same thing. just went up and hiked around until i found some. They aren't to hard to hit when you find them but finding them is a ton of work. If you guys dont mind, are there any hints or tricks to finding them. because i don't know where to begin. i just walk around in thick bushes and hope that somethings comes up. What do you guys look for when grouse hunting? I am mostly a chukar hunter and you just have to find large hills with rimrocks and water nearby and then you will find chukar. any kind of equation for grouse or is it just hit and miss with them?