What firearm do you use to hunt your grouse with?

[Brutus]

I have in the past used a 12 gauge here in Alberta when hunting season of grouse and deer overlap.
I sit silently beside a game trail with the wind in my favor waiting for WT deer, grouse, or coyote in this order. A 12 gauge slug shooter with a foster up the pipe and good buckshot handy makes this feasible and legal here in this province. As long as I remember the plug I'm gtg.

 

[catnthehatt]

28 gauge for me as well.... so I didn't cast a vote

Main grouse gun as well!:>)
Cat

 

[CV32]

20 ga o/u.

 

[Aniest]

I use a 20ga if I am out looking for them with a dog.

However, I hike a lot with a .410 and end up getting more grouse that way: just stumbling across them and shooting one for supper. Thus, I voted .410 !

 

[freire]

I only hunt a day or two for grouse from my two weeks of moose hunting , and only use a .22

 

[tracker]

What ever I have in my hand when I see one, even a vehicle if sits long enough. Most are taken with a 12.

 

[legi0n]

12G with #8 lead

 

[hoytcanon]

12 gauge on combo hunts... 20 gauge when out specifically for grouse... #7 1/2 for both.

 

[rhino62]

Hunting with 22 or 410 alone in deep woods, infested with black bears is not fun at all. So now 12 G SXS with two 3" Rottweiler slugs in my shirt pocket. When with a group, 20G SXS is perfect.

So true!

 

[Superbrad]

Typically 12 gauge.... sometimes baikal over under 410 22..... number 6 shot mostly because I hunt grouse and rabbits together

 

[hammering hank]

Winchester 101 20 gauge choked mod/imp with 1 oz #7.5 lead game loads #6's later season. Went for my first walk for the season with the old man today and i got a nice grouse over the dogs and missed alot of others....happens... need some more frost and leaves down.

 

[tylerjwitty]

No 10 gauge option ?

 

[PSE]

Sorry - I also didn't include the 8 bore or a blunderbuss loaded with nails either.

 

[Whitetail Junkie]

Should have added the 16 and 28 gauge .....I use a 410, you guys with the 12 gauges must really like your grouse tenderized ...lol

 

[Niggles]

, you guys with the 12 gauges must really like your grouse tenderized ...lol

I don't eat the neck and head

 

[BigUglyMan]

I voted for a 12 gauge but I'd prefer a 16 gauge as a dedicated upland gun. Mind you now that I'm in pheasant preserve country a 12 might be better.

 

[c-fbmi]

If I go out specifically for grouse and bunnies I use this sweet little L.C. Smith 28 ga. But I must admit to having taken more grouse with 7MM RM, 300 WM and 300 Wby as an aside to a big game hunt.

 

[Boomer]

I usually shoot them while I'm doing something else, and if that something else includes carrying a rifle, I might have a few small game rounds in my pocket. Its the handloader who makes a rifle versatile.

 

[jongun]

I've used the 22 for all but one of my grouse which I took with 12ga. Just picked up an 870 in 20ga to be my go to grouse gun. I'll be trying it out for the first time next weekend when I go up north for the opening of the trapping season.

 

[jongun]

Hunting with 22 or 410 alone in deep woods, infested with black bears is not fun at all. So now 12 G SXS with two 3" Rottweiler slugs in my shirt pocket. When with a group, 20G SXS is perfect.

Why we should all be granted an atc for wilderness protection.