I moved to Idaho from the Great Plains recently and began furred grouse hunting last fall. I should have read this book in the fall rather than the winter so I could get a head start into, what I didnt know at the time of purchase of thos book, my life-long grouse hunting grand adventure. I fell in love with the sport of grouse hunting and passion I feel while in the places they call home, and after my season ended, I read this book. This book had me laughing, smiling, smacking myself while thinking, 'why didn't I hunt more earlier in the season!!', crying from the pure truthfulness of it all. This book hugged my soul, and as a new grouse hunter to Idaho (who was a die hard duck hunter in North Dakota), I feel I've been handed a key to a whole new world that the author has truly captured so well. My feelings while hunting ruffed grouse are simply appreciation for these birds, their habitat, the love for my dog, and they have all been raised greatly after reading this book. I read it in one sitting, mesmerized by the parallels between the author's stories and my own, and I can't wait to get back to the grouse woods this fall.