Going Places

Little Moran Hunt Club

For sportsmen in the Upper Midwest and New England, grouse and woodcock hunting is as American as mom and apple pie. But to Western hunters like me, it is somewhat of an oddity. No wide-open spaces, no mountains to climb and, for sure, no open vistas. It's hunting in thick cover, and it's all about good dogwork, explosive flushes and snap shooting. Along these lines, I recently enjoyed a three-day grouse and woodcock hunt at Little Moran Hunt Club, in Minnesota. Before I arrived, owner Steve Grossman warned me that grouse numbers were low and that we would have to work to put birds in the bag.

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