Grouse
- Thread starter purplemushroom
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Mount Sweetness
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Southern Ontario
Shot 3 grouse and 1 woodcock in 2 days of hunting last week, the dog did great.
We must have flushed 12 grouse and 30 woodcock, hard to get the safety off...
We must have flushed 12 grouse and 30 woodcock, hard to get the safety off...
Events have shown that is not a safe thing for a dog to do in my neck of the woods.
the spank
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Ohhhhhhhhhhh yaaaaaaaaaaaah...............
And wun mawr.......
Looky.......theez 3 Blewz or Spruceez?
Been out 4 times this season and have not seen a damn bird. Twice it has been sort of spitting rain but still, last year they seemed to be everywhere down here...
Maybe I'm just unlucky. Everyone else seems to be doing really well.
Maybe I'm just unlucky. Everyone else seems to be doing really well.
Chuckbuster
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
You're not alone. I've been out several times already and have seen exactly 2 birds. This year is shaping up to be a rerun of last year's buy gas, drive, walk, see nothing, repeat.
gone out once, connected on first bird, had one no shot due to dogs proximity, one miss, than another no shot as the bird took of behind me before I could turn around
, and than another miss cause I didn't read the dogs body language correctly lesson learned though, off again on Tuesday, hope we can bag the limit
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Dead, Spankie, they izz dead, kewked, eight and flushed. Good yummies.
the spank
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Yewz bin snortin' pine pitch fewms agin? What kinda answer izz that to muh kweshtun?!
Well ended up just going up to the line for the day on Saturday. Came home with ten birds, a combo of ruffles and sharpies. Shot all but one with the 22. The one was shot with the 12ga and it worked nicely if not a touch messy. Yesterday I picked up a 20ga 870 to be my dedicated grouse gun. I'd stick to the 22 if it weren't for a few birds I've missed due to them being behind branches. The shotgun will take care of those birds. So all on all it was a perfect day hunting woods chickens.
I shoot a 20ga 870 for grouse and find it's worked well for me. Usually shooting 7 1/2s sometimes dropping to 5 or 6 depending on cover and distance. I do like when they hide behind the tree trunk. They'll poke their head around to take a peek sooner or later. Perfect shot, no damage to the meat.
went out again today, for some reason early mornings and noon is time I see least of the birds. But we did manage to get within 20-30 yards of bull moose my jaw dropped, Hunter got on his hind legs like a mercat to see better over the bush, we were walking with the wind so it was completely unexpected. Flashed two birds and saw another, no shot on all of them, but what a day in the bush
my jaw dropped, Hunter got on his hind legs like a mercat to see better over the bush, we were walking with the wind so it was completely unexpected. Flashed two birds and saw another, no shot on all of them, but what a day in the bushSlightly west of down east here, got an easy shot on a grouse and darned if it wasn't a Spruce Grouse, the first of its kind I've seen in the area. This bird would very likely would have created a sensation in the local birding world, that is if I'd noticed the species and not shot it. Oh well, they taste the same as ruffies and now it's too late for it to be anything but lead seasoned dinner.
