ditch chickens...

greywolf said:
I have to agree , I prefer to use a .22 over shotgun , but if found in a situation where only a shotgun is available i'll go with a .410 (least pellets) But yes , .22 is the way to go :)
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Pffft......bah on the .22's. On a number of occasions ive shot grouse in the head with my .303 :sniper: There was one time though when i hit the ####er in the chest tho, it was messy as there wasnt much left to eat after that. Mental note to you guys, dont shoot when they puff their chest out :D
 
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Oh for f**** sakes, ya just had to post a pic like that didnt ya!!!!!!:D:D

NOW I got the hunting fever WORSE than i had this morning!!!!:dancingbanana::dancingbanana:

I cant wait!!!

12 guage single shot model 84 cooey 30' barrel with #5-6 shot.. Make the ethical shot and if it aint a head shot, then jsut watch 'em get away.

I love a big boom!:cool:[/quote]

If your talking partridge, #5 shot is way to big. I use 7 1/2 and that works excellent for me.
 
straightshooter said:
...unless, of course, he's talking sharptail grouse, in which case #5 is about right.
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I use to use the heavier shot when i was hunting in thick underbrush. It seems to plow through the alders and willows better. I guess everyone has there different opinion on what to use. Most time i get a brick at the wal-mart. the low brass is good enough for me. But yeah, ive made my share of "oopsie" shots with the heavier lead. Makes quite a mess. :eek:
I tried using a 36" 12, goose gun once. When your hunting in thick alders, with cowpaths leading everywhere, like what was on the farm when i was a kid, ya needed a Husqvarna to clear the way first if your gonna plan on taken them on the wing!! I tell you what, that thing was longer than a wet sunday!! Good times!!!:D
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OK guys, fire away. And lets hear how important that bit of meat is to your food supply
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Very important. You can't just compare the poison chicken the local groceries sell to come up with a $ value to a family.
Having a couple months that allow an endless consumption of organic fowl and then the retained freezer birds and gallons of soup stock made from consumed in season birds makes ditch chicken #1 around here.

Plus ditch chickens are IMHO what makes kids into kids that will be hunters for life.
 
12 gauge, 20 gauge, .308, .243, .22, sling shot...... on the road, walking the brush, flushing in the air..... any way you slice it they are fun to hunt when you ge into some numbers and they taste the same..... Love it when I come up on a whole family deer hunting and can feed the whole huntcamp.

Never had a problem with pellets in the breast with a 20 aim high.
 
Anyone read Norman Maclean's "A River Runs Through It"? There's a wonderful passage that reads more or less:

"If my father had his way, no one who did not know how to catch a fish would be allowed to shame a fish by catching it."

The same thing applies to grouse... :slap:
 
Originally Posted by northwoodslivin
If your talking partridge, #5 shot is way to big. I use 7 1/2 and that works excellent for me.
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I use 5's because I like shot that passes through the bird. Picking 7 1/2's wrapped in feathers sucks.

When I bothered to reload shotshells I liked 7/8oz of 5's @ 1300fps.









If I'm shooting a grouse in the air its because I've already missed it once on the ground:D:D:D:D
 
Neo said:
Anyone read Norman Maclean's "A River Runs Through It"? There's a wonderful passage that reads more or less:

"If my father had his way, no one who did not know how to catch a fish would be allowed to shame a fish by catching it."

The same thing applies to grouse... :slap:
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He sounds like a snob.:)
 
gth said:
I use 5's because I like shot that passes through the bird. Picking 7 1/2's wrapped in feathers sucks.

When I bothered to reload shotshells I liked 7/8oz of 5's @ 1300fps.
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I prefer 7/8 oz of 9's going at skeet speeds or slightly less out of my 28 gauges fpr grpuse - pellets barely penetrate the chest but kill them DEAD!:D
Ditch parrots are a different story, a little heavier payload and a bit more speed...
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Neo said:
Anyone read Norman Maclean's "A River Runs Through It"? There's a wonderful passage that reads more or less:

"If my father had his way, no one who did not know how to catch a fish would be allowed to shame a fish by catching it."

The same thing applies to grouse... :slap:
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Being as fish are so incredibly stupid, the only people who could "shame" them are already in a vegetative state or are members of the Liberal party.

The same thing applies to grouse.
 
so in manitoba whare dose one hunt grouse lol , I have been looking on the maps on the manitoba hunting / conserv wesite and well I am new to this whole thing so I cannot makes heads or tales of it from what it looks like they seem sto exsist everyware and you can hunt them prety much anyware but inside the city ?
 
Shoot them and eat them.

If you're dead set in doing it in some specific way, go for it. If someone else isn't doing it your specific way don't get your monocle all foggy about it.

They also have a lot of different meds that will "take the edge off" of your disorder.
 
Talked to my kid who is up at the cabin this weekend. He has done a little scouting and tells me he counted 14 grouse along 1 road. There were also 4 bear and some deer.

The majority of the grouse were on the south facing slope ( who da thunk it )

Not long now boys,

KTK
 
gth said:
I use 5's because I like shot that passes through the bird. Picking 7 1/2's wrapped in feathers sucks.

When I bothered to reload shotshells I liked 7/8oz of 5's @ 1300fps.






If I'm shooting a grouse in the air its because I've already missed it once on the ground:D:D:D:D
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So you pluck the bird for that wee little bit of extra meat? Much easier if you just step on their wings. And if you really want, cut off the legs for mini drumsticks ;)

To each their own though :) I want to try roasting a couple maybe this year, never done that yet.

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Can't wait for the 15TH :D
 
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