Show y arouse One of our most successful sage grouse openers in the Uintah Basin in many years is now history and most everyone came home with a bird or Hunters on Blue reported seeing lots of birds and quite a few big although the birds were flushing wild after they had been flushed Most hunters found it was fairly easy to get close to the family that is the hen and young of the but the groups of birds that consisted of the old males were almost impossible to get within shooting But that's probably not a disadvantage since these big can be extremely tough Many people maintain that all sage grouse are not fit for the but an awful lot of the palatability depends on how the bird is taken All game should be cleaned and the hide or feathers removed as soon as but this rule is especially important in certain species-notably elk and sage We check many hunters who have thrown their grouse in the trunk of a entrails and intending to clean them when they get No wonder sage grouse have the reputation as a gourmet's night- Probably the best method of taking care of your birds is to take the entrails out skin or pick it as soon as possible and then wash it out in a stream or with water you've brought for that If you have a cooler of ice to put them so much the these birds cost hunters a lot of money so it is only reasonable to take care of isn't Don't forget to leave a wing on each bird until you reach home to conform with regulations in case you are The officer can determine the There were a few blue grouse taken over the but this bird is not very important in our We have fair populations of but they are difficult to You can depend on sage grouse being in the same general area from year to but blue grouse don't seem to follow a |