With hunting season for pheasant and grouse ending on January 1st in Minnesota, Biff took Xupe out for grouse yesterday, sneaking one more day of hunting in for the year.  The crusty snow made for crunchy loud footsteps.  Although they saw a couple of grouse, they didn’t come home with any.  Still, Biff said that he enjoyed hunting one of his familiar places and checking out a new stretch that he hasn’t hunted before.

Photo of ruffed grouse among catkins from the Ruffed Grouse Society’s website