Grouse Fried Rice and More

                                         You could do this with grouse or pheasant or chicken. Lucky me I am 1 for zero on grouse this yr because my brown lab pup brought me home a grouse the other day. Good dog. It reminds me of my grouse hunting days back in the late 60's at Many Point Scout Camp in NW Mn when I got a triple on grouse once. Two hours for a limit of six was not uncommon.
                                         Jim Kadlec and I were hiking a logging trail up to the Beaver Lakes for ducks on opener.. Grouse were flushing like cazy.  The law said you couldn't shoot anything till noon.  Finally we said to hell with the law because we weren't shooting ducks early which was the point of the law and 5 grouse got up in front of us and I shot one just off the ground and the second about 10 feet up and to the right. Another lighted high in a popple tree to the left of the trail.I was yelling to Jim, " he's in the tree, he's in the tree" and Jim was hip shooting into the woods. I reloaded my JC Penney 12 gauge and shot him out of that tree. A triple on grouse. Best I've ever done.
                                However you get your grouse, one of the best ways to eat it is in a stir fry w/ brown rice and veggies - onions, sweet peppers, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, crushed red pepper, garlic, sage and parsley. Stir a couple of eggs into it. It will remind you of one of your best hunting days ever.