| Show I II I I I I RUFF RUFFED D GROUSE SMART BIRD Feathered Creature Takes Take Advantage of His HII Natural Camouflage and andIs Is II Hard to Shoot i The ruffed grouse Is la the greatest game bird In this country and probably probably probably ably Is hit less than thon any bird In the world with the possible exception of the snipe Nature has endowed the rutted ruffed grouse with the means of protection and the way May the bird uses these means makes him seem a brainy creature The Tune color of or the ruffed rutTed grouse so closely resembles the woodland surroundings surroundings surroundings sur sur- in the fall foil that one may moy almost walk on them without seeing them The bird making use of or Its coloring generally lives la In rugged rigged country where underbrush und had spruce make moko his detection difficult Once Once flushed the ruffed grouse flies so as to put Iut a tree between himself and the hunter adding to the difficulty of or locating him The bird unlike quail Is seldom found in covey coveys and consequently consequently consequently conse conse- Is ls hard to hit lilt The hunter must always be ready with gun In position to shoot and shoot quick Work well the underbrush and little spruces along the sides Bides of ravines Go 00 GoIn Goin In the df dense nse places places' In the woodland for tor the rutted ruffed grouse Is la a recluse The grouse when once under wa way will fly straight and It Is well to bunt him with more than one In the part party The hunter who might be on oh the tho line lino of flight la lit sure to get a shot The rutted ruffed grouse rises nse from cover coyer with thunderous precision a and d' d th the successful sue BUO hunter unter of this bird must leave leavo his hla nerves at home bome The uninitiated Is liable to be more Inore frightened than tha the bird Huffed grouse da do not lie well to dog running speedily and quietly ahead or the animal before making I flight |
