I've been in this house for 14 hunting seasons now and this is the quietest we've experienced! Since Sept 1 we've heard 1 shotgun blast over the lake for Geese and 0 shots during small game season besides no one running dogs through the Game Lands (we abut an 1,110 Acre tract) Deer season including muzzleloader brought no more than 4 gun shots heard.

My own 35 acre woodlot seems oddly quiet too. I kicked up one grouse at the end of my driveway yesterday while going for mail and that was the first one I've seen in years. I used to hear them drumming occasionally. The area is getting game poor.