Partridge Hunting
- Thread starter RayT
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Any gauge of shotgun with 6's-8's are hard to beat for ruffed grouse on the wing.
If you like to ground swat a few like I do the .22lr is a fun way to snipe them. I always bring the .22lr along for the moose hunt for just this purpose. Its nice and quite and a hand full of ammo can bring back a limit of birds no problem.
If you like to ground swat a few like I do the .22lr is a fun way to snipe them. I always bring the .22lr along for the moose hunt for just this purpose. Its nice and quite and a hand full of ammo can bring back a limit of birds no problem.
Ray T,
For Huns 12 gauge handicap trap loads #7 1/2 shot. If you mean Ruffies, then whatever is around. .22 rimfire a lot of the time. I really wish that I could carry one of my pistols for Ruffies when hunting biggame.
Dogleg
For Huns 12 gauge handicap trap loads #7 1/2 shot. If you mean Ruffies, then whatever is around. .22 rimfire a lot of the time. I really wish that I could carry one of my pistols for Ruffies when hunting biggame.
Dogleg
BigUglyMan
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12 or 16 with #6 shot. Whichever I look in the safe and decide on.
Ground swatting grouse with a shotgun is blasphemy. Clipping them with a 22 is acceptable, but not preferrable.
Ground swatting grouse with a shotgun is blasphemy. Clipping them with a 22 is acceptable, but not preferrable.
Getting a shot on the wing is a snow balls chance in hell around here. There's just not really any open areas that hold grouse. If you flush one he's out of sight in about half a second. Sooo, I'm a .22 man. Plus I've never gotten into shot guns for some reason. 
Conditions are like that down here where I hunt too. More often than not you hear the bird and see a glimpse of it laughing at you as it tears through the alders.
I use a 12g 7.5 lead, but like switching it up and using a .22 now and then, because if you miss with a .22 the grouse generally just stumble around dazzed and dont take off.
I use a 12g 7.5 lead, but like switching it up and using a .22 now and then, because if you miss with a .22 the grouse generally just stumble around dazzed and dont take off.
Republic of Alberta
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Fist of all partrige and grouse are two different types of birds.
When I lived out on the flat land south of Clagary I used a 12g full choked single shot. I used the cheapest shells I could find in #7. I did a lot of shooting and was a good shot on birds, quite often getting a lot more than my friends with pumps. It would take a few Hun's to get a good meal.
When I lived out on the flat land south of Clagary I used a 12g full choked single shot. I used the cheapest shells I could find in #7. I did a lot of shooting and was a good shot on birds, quite often getting a lot more than my friends with pumps. It would take a few Hun's to get a good meal.
Out here in the west, we have different species of Grouse.... Ruffed, Spruce, Blue, Sharptail, etc. These are what you in the east call partridge, I think.Salty said:That's where my grouse/partridge education comes from too, transplanted east coasters out here
But we also have Hungarian Partridge, which are much smaller birds (but still good eating!), and get up in fairly large flocks. I was visiting our Albertan friends late last fall and they took me out to the stubble fields, miles and miles of it, hunting over dogs. The only way to hunt Huns!
My buddy's dogs flushed at least 10 different flocks, (and a couple of pheasant too, although those were out of season at that time). Those little Hungarian buggers are fast too. Not like some of our Spruce or Ruffies, that simply refuse to get up in the air sometimes. The Sharptails are spooky though.No matter what you call them, get out there and enjoy the chase!
Hungarian partridge:
http://www.dto.com/hunting/species/generalprofile.jsp?speciesid=112
Grouse:
http://www.wnrmag.com/stories/1997/oct97/grouse.htm
