grouse on the ground?

Thanks! My dad taught me to grouse hunt, and he's a confirmed ground-sluicer. I'd rather shoot them flying though, and most years there are enough around that even in heavy cover I can pick up a couple in an hour or two. It took a couple of years before I started hitting more than I missed, but once you start wingshooting them, there's no going back. Most deer hunters I run into while grouse hunting out in the foothills look at me like I'm nuts, though, because grouse are so easy to pick up on the road. But in some of our zones where the (rifle) deer season starts in september, adding grouse to the day makes for a great combination hunt. Hunt deer at dawn, grouse through the middle of the day, and then back to deer. The only problem is, my dog doesn't appreciate being left alone when I have a gun with me, and so I'll be trying to quietly leave the van and the dog proceeds to bark for half an hour, scaring away everything nearby. She's too handy on the birds to leave behind though.
 
There's something vaguely wrong feeling about ground-swatting the silly bastards as they sit there staring at you like little SpEd kids.

I hunt upland for the satisfaction and challenge of shooting them on the wing. I don't object to them being clipped with a handy little 22 if the opportunity presents, but there's nothing like walking them up and taking them as they come out fro under your feet.

And FWIW, the season's still on here.
 
Though I agree with you Big, I like the taste of em first. Sometimes you see em busting like a bat out of hell, and sometimes you see em sitting there all cocked up and stupid. I like to take the stupid birds out of the genepool first :)
There is nothing like fresh Chicken in dill, garlic and a touch of olive oil.
 
DarrylDB said:
There is nothing like fresh Chicken in MY dill, garlic and a touch of olive oil.
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