The River as Our Guide – A Grouse Hunting Film
A film of bird dogs, row boats, and wild grouse.
Presented by: Eukanuba Sporting Dog, OnX Hunt, and Franchi USA
The Ronde is stunning in October. It is also low flow season. Rafters endearingly refer to rivers during this time as “bony” or “busy,” meaning there is a heck of a lot of rocks poking out of the water that one must navigate around. Although low flows sound challenging, they’re the root of my favorite parts of rafting. Between changing water speeds and new obstacles, you never float the same river twice. Variable conditions always offer different paths to take.
What a great story and video as well. I grew up in NE Oregon (Enterprise) and our family homesteader there back in the 1880s. I spent my whole youth on the Wallowa and Grande Ronde rivers and in the hills and mountains of the area. Shot many a grouse there as well. Beautifully written and captured the essence of this area perfectly.