Seems like the numbers are low in SW WA this year. Though there's never a ton of grouse down here, though this year I don't think I've even seen one.
Anybody ever have hives or an allergic reaction to eating grouse or other upland birds? I've never really pursued grouse too much after eating a Ptarmigan on Adak that one of my assistants had shot and given to me (years ago). I got hives front and back on my abdomen, so I was never too excited to see if I could get a worse reaction with a second exposure to upland game birds. Who knows, it my not have been the Ptarmigan that caused the reaction at all.
