Grouse! Let’s See Them

[nastynate]

 

[mountainlaurel3]

First dusky of the year, found by my wife and dog while they hiked and I was fruitlessly hunting. Luckily it stuck around after we met up...

 

[Caseknife]

@shrapnel , all your guns are beautifully aged. Wondering what is the average age of your "fleet"?

 

[shrapnel]

@shrapnel , all your guns are beautifully aged. Wondering what is the average age of your "fleet"?

I really don't know the average, but I do have quite a few with the earliest being a centerfire shotgun built by George Daw in England in 1867. That is an extremely significant gun as most everything in that era was still percussion fired...

 

[shrapnel]

A nice triple with a brown color phase to make it perfect…

 

[cedahm]

First, a miss (estimated the left bird on the log at 20, he was more like 23 - good penetration though )





but ended up with a limit that day. Really helpful when the elk shut up and a phenomenal addition to Ramen dinner!

 

[PaulRevere]

I've killed 3 so far with my bow and have only lost one arrow. I'm hoping to stack em up in the freezer and make a big grouse pot pie for Christmas. I took two from the group below but was starting to feel bad and let this one live.

 

[Beignet]

Been finding a few on some after work hikes. Seems like the less intention I have of looking for them the more I find.

 

[cedahm]

Usually after September I need reminding that grouse hunting is both more fun and more efficient with a dog and shotgun than flinging arrows while focused on elk (and often blowing up $20+ per)

30 minute limit in CO this morning and two more from across the border in WY after:

 

[Steelsearchin]

10 month old pup is starting to get it.

 

[huntnpack]

Last night the wife said “You need to do something to wear that dog out tomorrow.” COPY THAT!

 

[shrapnel]

 

[shrapnel]

Blues with the Burgess…

 

[Mallardsx2]

 

[cedahm]

I don’t know about the Northern Rockies guys, but it has been an incredible grouse hatch in CO and southern WY this year. We were seeing broods of like 8 this summer and bird numbers are just crazy in a few of my normal areas.

 

[FairWeather]

I’ve seen a few, but they’ve all gotten away from me. Hopefully I’ll get one this weekend, I’m going to bring my 500 deer hunting.

 

[JCS]

Does a chucker count?

 

[TheGreek]

Managed a few birds in Marinette County, WI this past weekend.

 

[LMD423]

Proud pup

 

[Beignet]

I don’t know about the Northern Rockies guys, but it has been an incredible grouse hatch in CO and southern WY this year. We were seeing broods of like 8 this summer and bird numbers are just crazy in a few of my normal areas.

It’s been pretty good up here too! We had one day around the start of September, when berries were nice and ripe, where a friend and I had 20 or so flushes in the three hours we had to hunt after work. Surprising, as I thought a wet spring was supposed to be harsh on the young of the year survival.

That spot sadly dried up when the berries did though. I’d hoped it would be my after work pantry for the season.