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I must say tho for the record and to clear up an aviary cultural distinction, our ruffed grouse do not act like their elusive and explosive Eastern cousins.

Admittedly, they must be stalked and many flush before opportunity presents itself, but Western ruffed's oftimes sit still for the shot, thus our common and legal use of rifles and pistols on them, and his use of the .44.

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Don't be too sure of that! I've hunted those buggers in Michigan, New Jersey, and Maine and in all three places have run across Grouse that would sit in the branches of a tree with a dog on the ground and stare at you until you hit it with a rock. Others would flush as soon as you left your house on the way to your covert 20 miles away.

I was kidding about hitting them flying because I know that hitting sitting grouse and Hares are a big challenge with a handgun.

Congrats, again. Rabbit, Grouse, carrots, celery, onion...... a nice winter stew!