What's your go-to grouse hunting setup?

I plan on using my Benelli m4 next year...atleast a couple times....going to war on those bush chickens :) Usually I use a .22lr but I was getting alot of threatening looks last year from the ones I couldn't get in flight....won't miss next year ;)
 
Dogleg said:
I'm still trying to catch one by hand; been close but still haven't pulled it off.

Most of the time I use my Beretta 686 silver pigeon 111 but thats sort of a default because it's sort of my everything else shotgun too. Other than that, whatever 22 I'm enjoying at the time. Got a soft spot for a Remington rolling block that was originally a .32 Rimfire but is relined to 22 LR. carries like a stick and points like a stick. I haven't met anyone that couldn't point a stick. :)
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I was traveling to Chapleau a few years ago driving down Sutton rd. Truck in front of my stopped and the drive got out and chased one back and forth across the road trying to catch it by hand. That wasn't you, was it? Was pretty comical!!
 
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A pair of birds I got early in the season using 20ga #6. It was a beautiful day for a walk. Had a chinook fly over too.
 

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Always a small ga. S x S , like ; AYA - 28 ga. , Gego-20ga , Ithaca Flues 20 ga. , Fausti - 28 ga. , Fox - 20 ga..
Plus SxS .410 's in : Cooey ( Iver Johnson) , Stevens , Le Fever.
 
Okay here are a few pics of the Darne. The gun is circa 1930. 27" barrels and weighs just under 6 pounds if my scale is accurate. This gun has had a few owners over the years and other then some scratches in the bluing, it remains in very decent original condition for 94 years old. Darnes are not for everyone, but my build is such that this gun fits me very well and shoulders great.
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gunsaholic said:
Okay here are a few pics of the Darne. The gun is circa 1930. 27" barrels and weighs just under 6 pounds if my scale is accurate. This gun has had a few owners over the years and other then some scratches in the bluing, it remains in very decent original condition for 94 years old. Darnes are not for everyone, but my build is such that this gun fits me very well and shoulders great.
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Did you happen to get this gun from Cornelius Enns? He has quite a collection of Darne shotguns, friend of mine bought one from him.
 
I hunted grouse with the following:
single shot 410 - did not like it
Rem 870 20ga - ok
Stevens 555 20 ga - liked it
Using now a 35 year old 20ga Browning citori lightning - really like it.

Used with all of them 7.5 shot
 
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