Grouse hunting guns

salarguy said:
If I ever did that Maggie, my Gordon, would stare at me with that WTF look!
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I shot many out of tree branches my labs had flushed. The dog would be staring up at the bird and the bird staring back at the dog and I swear you could walk up and pluck them out of the tree by hand they were so intent on watching the dog. My dogs never gave a wtf look? They always smiled because they knew that bird would be tumbling out of the tree any second and they would get to pick it up. They had more a look of impatience like what are you waiting for?! Blast it!! I prefer labs, they don’t question your methods!! ;)
 
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Yup, not point letting the last one out there get away by letting it fly first! That would be like sport or something.
 
Yup, not much point letting the last one out there get away by letting it fly first! That would be like sport or something.
 
When I head out for ruffles it is usually with a vintage SxS- the brand and gauge can be anything from a 410 Stevens311 to a Greener F16 and anything in between , loaded with black powder and homemade shot .
it all depends on my mood at the time , and there are days I switch up guns halfway through the afternoon "just because"!:p
This year however I often used a modern made hammer SxS in 20 gauge
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This one was taken with a Gamebore 50mm 12 gauge with 24 grams of # 7's and my Greener
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colonel3006 said:
I'll shoot them on the ground if I get a chance or shoot them in the air if I get a chance. Ruffed grouse are my absolute favorite meal, so the thought of seeing a grouse and letting it hit the air before shooting has never crossed my mind. They're hard enough to get a shot at around here so I'm not chancing letting them go when I get lucky enough to actually see one.
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Same here, if they are on the ground I shoot them, when they flush I always attempt to shoot them as the wiz through the trees at 90mph.
 
I hunt over a Brittany and a Setter. Usually carry a fancy German 20g SxS and wing shoot them but smile and wave to those who ground sleuth them with a .410. It's all good.
 
I have a few upland guns. One of my favourite though, is my Browning BSS 20 gauge Sporter, 26" barrels, mod/imp chokes. My parker and Lefever hold their own as well.
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I usually use a sxs browning 20 gauge and a cocker spaniel,
if I don't have my dog with me I use a savage model 24 / 22 over 410
for ruffed grouse
for pheasant I use my sweet 16
this fall I hunted a lot of sharp tailed grouse and huns with my chessie
and I used a browning gold 12 gauge with IC choke tubes
 
28 Gauge all the way in a side by side. 35 years of hunting and I have not found anything better. It would be a 20 gauge if I didn't reload. Actually, come to think of it, it was the double 28 that started me loading! I have a single shot around here somewhere in 28 as well.


Late season evening road grouse or roosted grouse, 17 HMR at base of neck. Just my humble opinions of course.
 
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