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Cover a lot of ground and focus on ridges and slopes below them. The best ridges to me are ones that have both stands of trees and open areas, sometimes they are right on top and sometimes they are a little downslope. If there is another treeline just below a ridge or hilltop, that's worth hunting too. If they haven't been educated too much, they will often fly to the nearest tree when flushed.
Once you find a group of birds, take note of the terrain and vegetation you found them in and look for similar areas. I've spent a lot of years hunting for blue grouse and they are pretty predictable. When you find a good spot, don't hammer it too hard - wait a few days before you hunt it again, they'll usually regroup and return but may be more skittish for a while. I usually won't hunt the same spot more than twice in a season, that ensures there will be birds there year after year.
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