Hunt Intelligence · Upland

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Every region grows a different bird community — its upland fingerprint. Learn the birds, the cover that holds them, and the hours they move, then go where the seasons say go.

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Sharp-Tailed Grouse

Tympanuchus phasianellus

The prairie’s honest grouse. Sharptails hold for points in September, cluck as they flush, and glide a country mile — a bird of big grass and bigger walks.

Group

Grouse

Family

Phasianidae

Weight

2.1 lb

Covey

Coveys of 5–20

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Sharp-Tailed Grouse

Conditions & Cover

Weather

September fronts kill the heat and bring all-day movement

Wind

Uses ridgelines in wind; flushes get wilder as it builds

Temp

Hot early-season days end the hunt by 10am

Cover

Native prairie ridges, grass-shrub draws, chokecherry

The Daily Clock

How to Hunt It — Hour by Hour

Morning Feed

First 3 hours

Coveys feed grass ridgetops and berry draws while it’s cool.

Run It

Start high, hunt the tops

Follow chokecherry and snowberry

Midday Shade Loaf

10am – 4pm

Loafs in taller shrub shade — scattered, tight-sitting singles.

Run It

Grind the brushy draws midday

Water edges on hot days

Evening Ridge Feed

Last 2 hours

Back on the open ridges, feeding into the sunset wind.

Run It

Repeat the morning circuit

Mark the glide — they land together

Cross-Reference

Where This Bird Lives

Montana Prairie & Breaks

Grass ridges and berry draws — the signature bird

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