grouse defence!

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jiffydawg

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just got back from my local fishing hole here in north western ontario catching some walley's for dinner and a funny thing happened. i have noticed quite a few grouse around this year already a lot more than the last few years....

anyways its about a k' walk in on a single track trail from the truck and i get to within 100' and i hear a crashing then see a grouse about 15 yards off... nothing new then he starts making funny noises for lack of a better explanation sounded like a lab wining then he books it at me does a few mock charges all ruffed up and then tries to lead me slowly away... smart bird.

about an hour and a half later the same thing happens but about 100m further up the trail...

never been charged by a grouse that i can remember.....

going to be a good fall
 
Rocks and slingshots are good if your on a budget :).

But if your not then .22 or shotgun, or if you can spare it....center fire :)
 
That was probably mama trying to lead you away from her chicks. Take a quick look next time and you may see a pile of the little buggers running around. They will usually try to lead you away first, sometimes playing like they have a broken wing and if that doesn't work they dive bomb you!!

I had a 22 year geology student on a project a couple of years ago that pi$$ed his pants (city boy) when mama dive bombed him!!

After he soiled himself she left, so it must work!!
 
now we all should know that to properly defend against a grouse attack we should be carrying at the bare minimum a 50 cal semi auto
 
Mudpuppy said:
That was probably mama trying to lead you away from her chicks. Take a quick look next time and you may see a pile of the little buggers running around. They will usually try to lead you away first, sometimes playing like they have a broken wing and if that doesn't work they dive bomb you!!!
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Most definitely a nest. I've seen them do the broken wing routine several times on our bush lot. In a few weeks when the chicks are flying they will all flush at the same time which is also quite amusing.

I've never had a ruffed grouse charge me. However while walking in our lot a few years ago I spotted a small bird at the side of the trail and an instant later, a hen turkey came boiling out of the underbrush directly towards me, squawking loudly, wings extended and flapping madly. One of my dogs rushed toward it and she flew into a tree. We withdrew from the area letting hen raise her chicks undisturbed.:D
 
I have noticed that since they started putting up high smokestacks at mills and smelters in Northern Ontario that the effluents , which used to just land on the townspeople’s houses, are now falling in the bush. This seems to have made the grouse more aggressive, and they also now seem to communicate and operate in groups and have learned to use simple tools which can easily be converted into weapons.

For this reason, soon nothing less than a 25-round magazine equipped .22 will be required and returning to camp after dark will become a highly dangerous undertaking for hunters and residents of small towns and reserves. By 2009, a grouse sighting will be sufficient reason to lock down schools in North Bay and Sudbury, following a common practice in Northwest Ontario in 2008.
 
They are usually a little bit sneakier than what you witnessed, I would have to say maybe it was a distraction while a group made around your left to flank you, watch your 6 too. (***Note to self - Find out what 'Watch your 6' means and edit it out later if it doesn't fit, then stop watching Airwolf re-runs)
 
I was biking with a buddy once and we stopped on the side of the trail to check out a grouse we had noticed in the grass. It promptly charged my buddy and I and he got a light wing beating as it tried to scare us off. Pretty hilarious scene, but I wouldn't go back again without a 12ga and eye protection :D
 
JohnC said:
I have noticed that since they started putting up high smokestacks at mills and smelters in Northern Ontario that the effluents , which used to just land on the townspeople’s houses, are now falling in the bush. This seems to have made the grouse more aggressive, and they also now seem to communicate and operate in groups and have learned to use simple tools which can easily be converted into weapons.

For this reason, soon nothing less than a 25-round magazine equipped .22 will be required and returning to camp after dark will become a highly dangerous undertaking for hunters and residents of small towns and reserves. By 2009, a grouse sighting will be sufficient reason to lock down schools in North Bay and Sudbury, following a common practice in Northwest Ontario in 2008.
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haha no doubt!
 
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