Joe_Singer
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- Location
- Princeton, Ont
I live in SW Ontario and I want to try grouse hunting for my first time so I would like to know where I can shoot some grouse without going too far. So if anyone could help me out that would be awesome.
Where to hunt grouse in or around SW Ontario?
- Thread starter Joe_Singer
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For Southern Ontario, you are SOL. The closest for you is probably North Bay or Northern Tip of Ottawa Valley (Mattawa).
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
Parry Sound area is about as close as it gets! Luckily for me the GF has a cottage surrounded by Gods Country(crown land)!!!!!!!!!!
Joe_Singer
Regular
- Location
- Princeton, Ont
Well a friend of mine has a cottage just south of Perry Sound at Moose Point and the cottage is on 12 mile bay.
How do you find the grouse hunting around there ?
Joe_Singer
Regular
- Location
- Princeton, Ont
its horrible there, better go further N
no, seriously, without dog its challenging, depending on a year if I get 1 bird for every 2 trips its a good week
I need a dog
Well from the sounds of that it looks like I should get a dog as well
Ive been up few times to top of the bear bait and just wonder around, usually Ill see couple of birds by this time of year but so far I havent seen any, it can be different around your place (I hunt about 15km away from 12mile bay)
going without a dog is a challenge in itself but fun too, just not as succesfull as doing it with a dedicated bird dog
going without a dog is a challenge in itself but fun too, just not as succesfull as doing it with a dedicated bird dog
- Location
- scotland, ontario
If your in Princeton area find the nearest bush with dense cover and move though it quietly with your eyes open and look hard. Theres plenty of Grouse in southern Ontario you just have to look for them.
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
Funny I ride the trais on quads and see at least 1 bird everytime I go out.
funny I didnt run into you in the woods but then again there are no atv trails where I go
AlsoUnknown
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- Location
- East of GTA
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can you post a map of some crown land newbies can access, maybe some resource roads etc?
will go out for my first ontario hunt soon i hope (pending test pass etc), dont mind going alone but like to be safe and legal about where i go....
can you post a map of some crown land newbies can access, maybe some resource roads etc?
will go out for my first ontario hunt soon i hope (pending test pass etc), dont mind going alone but like to be safe and legal about where i go....
All along the north shore of Lake Erie, need dog and landowner permission. Check out MNR website or contact local district office and they can direct you to crown land. Populations are small and fragmented, I only went out once last year near Delhi/Simcoe and put out two birds at 35 yrds, by the time I swung up on them they were 45 yrds, so needless to say I saved the ammo.
