Lots of good grouse hunting in the upper Western counties of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Leaving politics out of the equation, Traverse City, Charlevoix, are high dollar areas, lots of Chicago yuppies, but get away from those cities and get to know some of the locals, you'll be fine. One of the best high end gun dealers, Brian Belinski, has a first rate gun shoppe out on Airport Road, and master cane rod maker Bob Summers is on the Boardman river. Oleson's meat market is one of the best in the State, and don't miss a morning coffee and bear claw pastries downtown Traverse City at Stacey's Cafe- good for local gossip too. RWTF

"The field is the touchstone of the man"..