Woodcock and grouse season will be solid this year according to the Bangor Daily News. But most locals don’t care too much about grouse. You see in ME, grouse are known as partridge or to use the local vernacular more correctly, pa’tridge. According to the state Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, and we hunters in the coveys, 2005 was a lousy pa’tridge hunting year and 2006 was slightly less lousy, but this year the state is saying 2007 is shaping up to be a pretty good year. Local outfitters like Munsungan Hunting & Fishing Club in Aroostook County and Weatherby’s in Grand Lake Stream, have both reported seeing more birds this year and hope this is a comeback year. Woodcock in the past years have had to make up for the lack luster pa’tridge performance. Spring weather was easy on nesting birds this year. The past few years were rainy and cold and many birds like grouse and turkey lost nests.