Btw, there wasn't a lot of browse in the lodgepole forest but I noticed the buck deer were feeding on russula mushrooms, myrtlehortleberry, and kinikinik. I've seen elk feed on these, too. Dusky (Blue) Grouse will also eat the berries of myrtlehortleberry, kinikinik and low juniper. (Eating juniper berries can make their meat taste like gin.) On my way home after following the deer I flushed two Dusky Grouse on my property. The birds separated and one screamed a rooster call as he flew around the yard and landed in a tree. The rooster call was much like that of a White-tailed Ptarmigan.