Grouse Hatch

[JakeLand]

don't know much about the cycle theory except for what i just read here. But the last couple weeks i have seen a double handfull and every year is different sometimes the swamps are better and some years the clumps and vinemaple slide areas are better. You just got scout alot. these i am talking about are wet side ruffs

[Pathfinder101]

Not so sure about the "cycle theory" either.  I know here in the Blues where I have lived the last 11 years it has been pretty cut-and-dried.  If it's a wet, cold spring, there won't be many birds in the fall.  Last spring was terribly wet and cold here until well into June.  The birds down here were almost non-existent.  We didn't kill a single one (killed a few up near Colville).  Granted, our grouse hunting is never great here (not like up north anyway), but our best years have always been when spring has been warm.  Maybe I'm off-base here and a biologist can set me straight, but that's what I have noticed...

[KFhunter]

looking good so far this year!
 
nice hot early spring, my hopes are up for a stellar grouse hunting year.   I didn't get too many birds in front of my dog last couple years

[ICEMAN]

Excellent!

[MR5x5]

Eggs are down.  Found several nests in Tonasket over the weekend.  Oddly, they all had 5 eggs.

[fethrduster]

This little bout of wet weather hopefully won't hurt since it's still fairly warm.  It might even help food-wise, as long as it doesn't last too long.  So far, it's been a dry spring, and much, much better than last year, knock on wood. 

[ICEMAN]

Keeping my fingers crossed, thanks for the update.

[Dhoey07]

I'm glad we got all that rain out early, It was the rainiest March ever here in spokane!  So hopefully it's gone and done so bring on the nice weather!