Grouse and woodcock season are upon us.

Grouse and woodcock season started here in Pa this weekend. Silas is just under 9 months old now and has been gun conditioned and held point on quail and a pheasant. We have not pinned down any wild birds yet, but we also haven't encountered many in Erie county. We started Saturday off in Clarion county and were greeted with rain showers and 20 mile an hour winds. We only flushed one grouse all day and it was a wild flush I could barely hear. We had no woodcocks. Yesterday we tried out luck in some very promising cover in Erie county. We again had rain and despite out efforts encountered no woodcock or grouse. We aren't even finding white wash. Today we flushed a grouse 3 times. We had more rain and Silas tracked the bird 75 yards with 2 flash points before the bird flushed. I am pleased as he has seen scant few grouse in all of our training. With an upcoming move, we are going to be around some fantastic grouse and woodcock cover. My buddy flushed 11 grouse in one hour yesterday so that will be the place we try next week. Silas is certainly showing some promise.