Quote Originally Posted by Nathan View Post
It's always good news when stocks rebound and conservation efforts are successful. Thanks for the update on that, Jock. Singlemalt, I remember seeing grouse and partridge in Cape Breton and although I've never had the pleasure, being an avid angler but not a hunter, I understand that you're correct and they make for delicious eating.
Probably most of what you saw in Cape Breton were Ruffed Grouse a somewhat different but even more tasty cousin of the Spruce Grouse. They are true grouse but in most of eastern Canada and New England where they are the most common native game bird they are commonly called partridge but actually that is a different family of birds which are not native to North America. It all gets more confusing as some European birds have been introduced here and now reproduce naturally like pheasants and Grey (Hungarian) Partridge.