I was out for the season opener in Alberta on Saturday and had a fantastic day. Flushed 7 Blues and my parter and I shot 2 each plus 2 Spruce and a Ruffie for good measure! I missed a couple as I'm still trying to get used to the Greener side safety... I find this type of shooting much more difficult than shooting Sharptails and Grey partidge on the praries as you only have about 2 seconds to make it all happen. Glad to hear that there are actually other people around that love these birds as well. We were shooting over my friends wily old Munsterlander and I'm always amazed at how an old dog knows what to do. The dog takes us hunting, not the other way around!