Your kidding right?
You need to read your synopsis or you may quickly find that wont be hunting much. Is it worth loosing your gun and hunting privilages over a little bird?
Anyone do midrange rifle grouse headshots?
- Thread starter Slaymoar
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Your kidding right?
You need to read your synopsis or you may quickly find that wont be hunting much. Is it worth loosing your gun and hunting privilages over a little bird?
So your posting about how great you are at breaking the wild life act? You shoot deer with your .22 lr?
Ignorance is no excuse to break the law.
Not sure where you guys are from but in Ontario from what I now understand you can use any caliber for grouse with the appropriate license.
"If you are hunting small game in an area where there is an open season
for deer, moose, elk, or black bear, you may not possess or use a rifle
of greater muzzle energy than 400 foot-pounds or shells loaded with
ball or with shot larger than No. 2 shot (or if using non-toxic shot, you
may not use steel shot larger than triple BBB steel shot, or bismuth
shot that is larger than double BB bismuth shot), unless you possess a
valid licence to hunt deer, moose, elk or black bear as the case may be." - Ontario small game regulations
"If you are hunting small game in an area where there is an open season
for deer, moose, elk, or black bear, you may not possess or use a rifle
of greater muzzle energy than 400 foot-pounds or shells loaded with
ball or with shot larger than No. 2 shot (or if using non-toxic shot, you
may not use steel shot larger than triple BBB steel shot, or bismuth
shot that is larger than double BB bismuth shot), unless you possess a
valid licence to hunt deer, moose, elk or black bear as the case may be." - Ontario small game regulations
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Where I hunt grouse in Ontario, the amount of bush makes seeing anything beyond about 15 yards impossible. I never seem to see them in clearings. Last year, I ran a very open-choked 20ga. with a 22" barrel and it's a great gun for batting them off of the ground or tree branches~minimal/no meat damage. (not so good for wing shots) My daughter is starting to hunt this summer, and will be using her .22 Savage Rascal. I have her practicing on 1" disks at 10 yards, offhand.
Great choice in beginning firearm!
bearkilr
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Nowhere, ......just past the middle
Pellet gun, rimfire or shotgun(no slugs) only. I'd assume it has to do with the fact it's a total waste of good meat if you hit them in the body with a slug or bullet.
Pellet Guns and Rimfire Rifles
A pellet gun or rimfire rifle (e.g., .17 or .22 calibre) may be used
to hunt upland game birds. They cannot be used to hunt wild
turkey or migratory game birds.
Centrefire Rifles
A centrefire rifle cannot be used to hunt upland game birds, wild
turkey or migratory game birds.
Shotguns
A shotgun may be used to hunt upland game birds, wild turkey
or migratory game birds. A shotgun with slugs cannot be used to
hunt upland game birds, wild turkey or migratory game birds.
For upland game bird, wild turkey and migratory game bird
hunting, the magazine of a shotgun must be plugged or altered to
carry no more than two shells.
The following additional restrictions apply to migratory game
bird hunters:
• Non-toxic shot is mandatory.
• A shotgun larger than ten gauge cannot be used.
• No more than one shotgun may be possessed in the field at
one time unless each additional shotgun is unloaded and
disassembled or cased.
Muzzleloaders
A muzzleloading shotgun may be used to hunt upland game
birds, wild turkey or migratory game birds. A muzzleloader firing
a single projectile (including a sabot) cannot be used to hunt
upland game birds, wild turkey or migratory game birds.
https://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/wildlife/hunting/pdfs/FINALHunting_Guide2013_WEB.pdf
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12 gauge is all I use for grouse.
Actually, I shoot deer with my pellet gun. Sometimes my blow gun..... but mostly my pellet gun.
so here you go i grew up with a 22 in my hands shooting grouse in prince George.
with my basic i mean junk ruger i was good for about 40-50 feet but my father has a 24 inch barrel anchutz that can hammer grouse i mean take out there eye ball all day long at 75 yards
this is an old anchutz and this is the only action the gun ever gets to see .
with my basic i mean junk ruger i was good for about 40-50 feet but my father has a 24 inch barrel anchutz that can hammer grouse i mean take out there eye ball all day long at 75 yards
this is an old anchutz and this is the only action the gun ever gets to see .
Tis very possible! I did it one deer season with a 32 special it was a whole foot from the muzzle. Bullet never touched it's head but the shock blew its head OFF and bruised the top of the breast pretty good, feathers were singed from the fire ball...It was pretty awesome not gonna lie.
As far as long shots, I watched my Gramps shoot 3 partridge in the head 120 steps down the camp road with his 22 mag. He used a high tech truck hood rest us hillbilly's use frequently for sighting in
He had a old bushnell fixed 4x on it, my uncle owns the gun now Grampa passed back in February...Never met anybody who can shoot like him with a scope or iron sights.
For 40+ years all we have used on grouse is pellet guns and .22's... We have made a few 40-60 yard shots, always in the head... We only use guns we are confident in making ten out of ten head shots with. Our shots are generally 10-30 yards, where we hunt you can't see grouse further than that... But last year I went out to sight in a new bolt action .17 HM2... I was just setting up when three grouse walked out and started feeding at the edge of the bush... Since I had not zeroed the scope yet I just ignored them... Over the next half hour I fired over 100 rounds until I had dialed in the scope to my satisfaction... I had been keeping the grouse in view and they were 80-90 yards out at this point... I turned my shooting bench 90 degrees and settled in and took aim, I was shooting a Hawke Varmint 6-24x44mm SF and had it dialed to 24X... The eyeballs were clear, I aimed at the furthest grouse first and it went down at the shot without flapping, I guess it was just another "boom" to the other two because they kept on feeding. Another shot, and down went the second grouse, on the third shot the last grouse went down... When I inspected the birds they were all shot through the center of the head... I was pleased because that HM2 was to be my new squirrel rifle. For the gent above "Nine" who aims at the "base of the neck" hoping to hit neck or back... You need a new gun or more practice... When you learn your guns trajectory relative to your sight line there is no reason not to be confident in making head shots.
Is the .338 Win Mag okay for deer? My .338 was used on grouse, gophers, groundhogs, deer, moose, elk and black bear.
When there was no meat in the locker while hunting, a grouse was always an option but head shots only.
Longest recorded kill was 38 paces (yards) with a 250 grain Nosler Partition with 70+ grains of IMR4831 for 2750 fps.
This load would go under 2" at 200 yards for 3 shots but showed too much pressure when over 50 degrees F.
When there was no meat in the locker while hunting, a grouse was always an option but head shots only.
Longest recorded kill was 38 paces (yards) with a 250 grain Nosler Partition with 70+ grains of IMR4831 for 2750 fps.
This load would go under 2" at 200 yards for 3 shots but showed too much pressure when over 50 degrees F.
- Location
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
That's pretty much how they are here as well. You might catch a glimpse of one up the trail early in the season but they never stay out of cover for long. Plus there is a line in the hunting regulations in NS that prohibits you from shooting them with anything but a shotgun. Probably for the best in the interest of safety.
The only time I've seen one sit still long enough to get a clean shot he was in the top branch of a tall tree. The sky isn't a great backstop.
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