they are putting up a lot of birds here in the u p

Go to Valentine National wildlife refuge for sharpies. Call the refuge headquarters and ask for Mel he will point you in the right direction. I go every year and love the place. Western Kansas has good quail numbers

Nebraska used to have good numbers of pheasants and quail but that's gone now. Indicators point to turkeys as the main culprit, as they destroy eggs when they find them and the turkeys are thriving. South Dakota has good numbers of pheasants around Winner and west of Brookings but it's pay to play.

I have actually found some groups of Sharpies lately. got my limit the last two trips.

Any pointers on where to start? is there much public land available also? Sorry for all of the questions.

Hungarian partidge and spruce grouse would be awesome!

About 8-10 years ago I hunted with a friend near Beach, ND. Two miles from the Montana border. Loaded with pheasants, also had sharptails and huns. I never saw so many birds. Might be one of the best kept secrets.

I could exchange an opportunity to hunt some sharptails/prairie chickens for help on where to plan a hunt haha.

Been doing a lot of looking at Wyoming. It appears they have a large variety of grouse species as well as chukars and partridge. Has anyone experienced a hunt there?

They are certainly the best eating upland game bird there is.

The upland game bird I had the most fun hunting was when I was a boy. Hungarian Partridge. Now, they're practically extinct. Is there anywhere in the country that has a fair amount of them anymore?

Head for the Superior National Forest for Spruce hens and on the way home hit the Chippewa for Ruff Grouse and most anywhere in ND for Huns.

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Thank you for the help!

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Tray is spot on. A trip to Montana is not close, but it's great bird hunting. Those big Sage Grouse are pretty cool but I don't know how long the season will go. Huns are a blast, and then you my be able to get up a little higher in elevation and get some big Blue Grouse. Huns and Blues are two of my favorites. It's been years but I love hunring Woodcock. I think it might be a little tricky timing the migratory flights.

Head over here to Wyoming.
Eastern side has upland birds, mountains to the West of Laramie have blue grouse, sage grouse over near Saratoga, ruffed grouse on Western side mountains.
We have chukar near Thermopolis, huns on Eastern side with pheasants and sharpies mixed around.

Sage grouse will be closed now, short Sept season.