Grouse Hunter's Guide: 1st Edtion

If there is a better book, I'd be surprised. Walrod has crunched the numbers and come up with impressive charts on everything from gun preferences of grouse hunters to flush rates by type of cover in different times of year. As seems to be the case with most grouse books, this book is geared to the hunter well east of the Mississippi, but contains valuable for ALL grouse hunters in ALL times of the season. I've been hunting grouse for about six years now, and found the section on correct shooting to be most encouraging. If you can only buy one book on grouse hunting, this one is a keeper.

Walrod's "grouse guide" is a fully enjoyable book. All sorts of technical matters, from guns to dogs, habitat and beyond have obviously been intelligently anayzed and are carefully explained, but the Reader finds himself erupting with laughter in the most unexpected places. Walrod has a very dry sense of humor, and there's no writer funnier than one who has the ability to see things from a slightly off-the-wall perspective. I'd like to see a book by Walrod along the lines layed down by humorist Patrick McManus.

What I liked about this book is that Walrod clearly loves grouse hunting but he doesn't have to show you he does. Nor is he concerned with equipment (as in expensive and elitist). Some outdoors writers waste a lot of time outlining "the mysticism of the autumn woods", " the special feel of a sidelock 12 gauge" etc. Walrod doesn't waste any of the reader's time on such frivolities. He just gets on with the task of describing what works for him. This book is well worth having - as a practical guide and source of ideas and just a comfort to have during the long wait, as some might say, "till the golden afternoons of October".

A must for the new grouse hunter. Grab your highlighter and be ready to study grouse from someone who loves grouse hunting! Virtually every chapter has well written and practical advice that can be put to use. I'm thankful for Mr. Walrod's efforts in a fun to read, well organized and effective presentation.

You can almost feel Mr. Walrod's excitment as he gives you tips on how and where to find the ruffed grouse. Years of hunting the "King of Game Birds" as he calls them, has given him a book of knowledge that he shares with the readers of "Grouse Hunters Guide".