Notice the tight, light colored bands on the flanks. It's really obvious when they flush what you are shooting at. They look buff, or drab, when they flush. That, and lessers are much smaller, more pigeon size than pheasant sized.
Greaters, look more golden, more shiny, and have that distinct shape to their tail.
One year we set blinds at the base of a hill, divided by a ravine. Every evening, until frost killed the hoppers, a large flock of about 200 would glide on down out of the hills across the "butts".
They repeated it every morning, just at daybreak.
Closest thing to red grouse shooting the US has.
Last edited by ClapperZapper; 11/01/16 10:41 AM.
