Your Choice in Grouse Rifles?

[Calum]

I'm Just curious as to what my fellow Canadian GunNutz choose as a Grouse Rifle?

The choices are what I have seen used in the bush the past few years.

Myself...I like my .22 LR rifles.

 

[sambr]

CZ 22.LR with 2x6 scope

 

[Big Guy]

I have a savage m-24 22lr over a 20 ga. Its just the ticket.

 

[Brambles]

I voted for .22 lr but I recently shot a couple with my bow and it was great practice and fun. I'll definitly do it again.

 

[Chopperhead]

voted for the .410, IMO the best grouse gun around. I recently bought a 12ga witch im gonna try on the bush chickens this year so we'll see if I like it.

 

[beeperboy]

My grouse guns over the years have been .22short, .22LR, .22Mag, .410, 12gauge, and centerfire rifles with cast bullets/reduced loads, but the most fun is my 12 gauge SxS percussion muzzleloader.

There is something about stomping through the fall leaves with my dog, muzzleloader, possibles bag, and fannypack with lunch. Those are the outing you remember for a lifetime.

BB

 

[BC Bigbore]

Since I picked up a .410 double, I wanna try it on "chickens". I use a .22 of one sort or another as a rule.

 

[DARKARCHER]

.22LR is what i use but now i need to find a new place to get bush chickens from since i just moved to duncan

 

[Luger9]

Started with a .410 double, and since about 5 years ago have been going with a 12 Gauge. I find the 12 gauge to be more versatile for the other critters on the licence.

Also, .410 ammo is getting harder to find at a good price. Reload all the way!!

 

[Republic of Alberta]

I like a 22 with solids and shoot for the base of the neck. Seems to work good for me.

 

[NWTHunter]

I was out yesterday with my ten-year-old; he seems to be of the same opinion, .22lr to the neck.

I have used 12 ga., .410, and .22lr, but yesterday I used a 16 ga. side-by-side for the first time and have to say its a lot of fun. I suppose I base my choice on how I feel on a particular day. Today, I think I'd go with the 16 ga. If I think I may have a chance at surprising some ducks, or maybe a goose, I'll take a 12 ga.. If either of my sons are with me and I want them to do most of the shooting, it'll be either the .22lr or the .410 or both. If I'm looking to brush-up my skills for larger rifles, I take the .22lr. They're all fun.

Ammo for the 16 ga. can be hard to find, but its usually pretty inexpensive and I buy enough for the year when I come accross a supply. I agree that the .410 is getting a tad expensive.

 

[Westicle]

for me it has always been a .22 or a 12 guage with trap loads..... just aim a little high with the shotgun and limit the number of pellets in the body.

 

[huntinstuff]

i use 410 shells in my .444 Marlin when I m guiding and when Im hunting I have a single shot 28g.

 

[stanway]

My new 10/22 CRR will be coming along this year for grouse.

 

[SuperCub]

The birds here are to scary to use a 22. For me it's an open choked, 20ga SxS.

 

[Amphibious]

.410 or 20ga. ground shooting them got old fast.

 

[Gatehouse]

Depends if I am grouse hunting or shopping for groceries.

If I am grouse hunting, I"ll take my 20 gu O/U.

If it is groceries on the way to camp, it's a .22 or a single shot 20 gu beater.

I also use centerfire rifles alot if I fee like grouse for dinner that night.

 

[Jordan]

12g in a coach gun. nice and shorta nd easy to swing in the bush.

 

[powdergun]

Canada's deadliest game

Grouse have accounted for more human predation than any other animal. A big blue grouse male can cause even the burliest of hunters to suffer a coranary when they take off close to you. After you are down they swoop in and start eating you Nothing less than a 460 Weath mag for me. Oh yeah and a fresh diaper as well.

 

[beeperboy]

A big blue grouse male can cause even the burliest of hunters to suffer a coranary when they take off close to you. Oh yeah and a fresh diaper as well.

More true words have never be spoken. They scare the crap out of you when the bush is quiet.

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