Grouse Brook Kennel

Grouse Brook Kennel We breed German Shorthair Pointers and American Brittany to create grouse dogs.

We also offer guided grouse hunts, dog training on wild birds, guided fly fishing, and seminars.

It’s an amazing place when you can drop into a covert and on your way out you run into a bull grazing on the pipeline! ...
11/12/2025

It’s an amazing place when you can drop into a covert and on your way out you run into a bull grazing on the pipeline!

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Find the tangles and the food and you find the birds!
11/12/2025

Find the tangles and the food and you find the birds!

A little snow never hurts anybody even if it falls down the back of your neck walking through a clear cut. It’s a bit ea...
11/11/2025

A little snow never hurts anybody even if it falls down the back of your neck walking through a clear cut. It’s a bit easier to handle when you move 18 grouse for the day.

11/10/2025

We ease our way up a small ridge line in a tried-and-true cut one of those spots that has quietly produced birds year after year in the Pennsylvania Wilds. The air is damp, the leaves are slick, and the cover is just nasty enough to give a grouse the upper hand. It’s the kind of place where you don’t talk much; you just listen and trust the dogs.

Fi, my veteran grouse dog, hits the edge of the ridge drop and slams into a point carved out of stone, right on the lip where the ground falls away. Jack, the young Britt, honors from behind, frozen and staring holes through her. I walk up expecting the bird to be buried in the deadfall below, already rehearsing where I’m going to send the shooters.

As I slip past Jack, I see Fi do something subtle only a dog you really know will show you she turns her head just slightly to the right, away from the tangles I’d been focused on. No bird flushes. I trust her and step in, but the woods stay quiet. I give a soft release command, and the dogs melt off the point, easing forward with noses down, tracking instead of charging, every step careful, measured.

They slip past the first deadfall, nothing. They circle the second, still no point. Then they feather their way toward the third tangle in the back corner of the cut, where the deadfall meets a line of young pines. That’s where everything tightens. Fi drops into a crouched, flat-backed position, tail rigid, head low and locked in. Jack snaps to a stop behind her, perfectly backing, and suddenly the whole picture just screams “bird.”

I bring the hunters up, three generations walking in on the dogs about forty yards out, threading them between the pine edge and the deadfall. There’s a half-second of silence, and then the woods erupt.

An explosion of wings bursts out of the deadfall, the grouse clawing for altitude up through the twelve-year-old clearcut regen. The bird tops out over the young treetops and starts to roll left just enough of an opening. The firing pin drops, the shot pattern blooms, and the king of the woods folds and disappears back into the cover.

The celebration is instant shouts, laughter, a little disbelief that it all came together just like that on their first grouse hunt. Fi, steady as ever, tracks in and carefully gathers the bird. She walks back slow, head high, and places the grouse in my hand with that soft, practiced grace that only a seasoned bird dog has. Three generations of hunters, one veteran GSP, a young Britt backing like dhe’s been doing it for years, and a mature ruffed grouse in the bag.

Days like this are why we guide. Wild birds, wild cover, and families building new traditions in the PA Wilds.

Grouse Brook Kennel Guide Service is where good dogs, good covers, and good people come together over the king.

Three generations, one tailgate full of memories.We had the privilege of guiding this crew on their first-ever grouse hu...
11/09/2025

Three generations, one tailgate full of memories.

We had the privilege of guiding this crew on their first-ever grouse hunt in the PA Wilds and the dogs didn’t disappoint. A solid point, steady shots, and a mature ruffed grouse in the vest to cap off a day none of us will forget.

These are the hunts we love most at Grouse Brook Kennel Guide Service: new hunters, wild birds, and family traditions that start right here in the big woods.

Pennsylvania Wilds
Wild birds over pointing dogs
Now booking limited dates for next season

This boy is going to produce some special wild bird dog puppies this spring!
11/08/2025

This boy is going to produce some special wild bird dog puppies this spring!

We had another great day in the PA Wilds chasing the kings and queens of the uplands. I had the honor to watch a fun pai...
11/07/2025

We had another great day in the PA Wilds chasing the kings and queens of the uplands. I had the honor to watch a fun pair of flushing dogs and their excitement and intensity kept me just as amped up!

Kind of a day off today but still had to make a 1 hour grocery run to stock up on breakfast and lunch supplies for our u...
11/06/2025

Kind of a day off today but still had to make a 1 hour grocery run to stock up on breakfast and lunch supplies for our upcoming hunts.

We couldn’t head to town without stopping to get some grub before we headed back to The Kings Roost.

I was full of memories from my undergrad days back at the old almamater.

Only have a couple days left for this season DM if you’re interested.Woodcock flush rate - 5.2 per hourGrouse flush rate...
11/06/2025

Only have a couple days left for this season DM if you’re interested.

Woodcock flush rate - 5.2 per hour
Grouse flush rate - 2.1 per hour

Today was a special day! Elsie’s first wild bird hunt was a success, Bruce harvested her first pointed bird. It’s alway...
11/05/2025

Today was a special day! Elsie’s first wild bird hunt was a success, Bruce harvested her first pointed bird. It’s always great to spend a day in the grouse woods but it’s extra special when you get to help to create memories that will last a lifetime!

I don’t always catch a woodcock outside the tangles. But when I do, the safe word is “whoa.” Stay birdy, my friends 😉 Pu...
11/04/2025

I don’t always catch a woodcock outside the tangles. But when I do, the safe word is “whoa.” Stay birdy, my friends 😉

Put that nose away girl!

14 grouse and 5 WC today!

Oh how we love the golden hour!
11/04/2025

Oh how we love the golden hour!

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