charliebravo77
Well-known member
Spent a few days Up Nort' in the Northwoods of Wisconsin looking for grouse and woodcock with two friends, one of their dads and family friend. The one friend, his dad and family friend have been hunting the general area for about 30 years and have seen a wide range of population changes and success with upland birds. This year wasn't bad, they got a good number of woodcock and a few grouse before I got up there. Three of them spent almost the entire month of October up there hunting.
The big difference vs my usual hunting trips is that this is a very casual affair with really short trips into the field, usually a total of ~4 hours a day broken into a morning hunt and afternoon hunt since the dogs can't run all day long. A couple of walks in the woods a day and sitting around a fire for the remainder of the time is hard to beat. I did get my first woodcock on the trip (and my only bird while up there) so that was a fun addition.
As per usual, I took a bunch of photos. Probably should/could have taken more but oh well.
Rosie
Norman
Frankie
Gunner
Went through a LOT of wood.
Managed a few good walks in the woods with a gun.
LOTS of wolf scat on the trails where we were hunting, didn't see any though. G48 mag for scale.
And some bear scat for good measure.
Fueled by cosmic brownies.
One of the hardest aspects of this kind of hunting is navigating the dense aspens and alders while also being able to swing a shotgun around.
Frankie trying to keep my woodcock.
Woodcock popper things, delicious. Marinated, then wrapped in bacon with a thick slice of onion and grilled.
The big difference vs my usual hunting trips is that this is a very casual affair with really short trips into the field, usually a total of ~4 hours a day broken into a morning hunt and afternoon hunt since the dogs can't run all day long. A couple of walks in the woods a day and sitting around a fire for the remainder of the time is hard to beat. I did get my first woodcock on the trip (and my only bird while up there) so that was a fun addition.
As per usual, I took a bunch of photos. Probably should/could have taken more but oh well.
Rosie
Norman
Frankie
Gunner
Went through a LOT of wood.
Managed a few good walks in the woods with a gun.
LOTS of wolf scat on the trails where we were hunting, didn't see any though. G48 mag for scale.
And some bear scat for good measure.
Fueled by cosmic brownies.
One of the hardest aspects of this kind of hunting is navigating the dense aspens and alders while also being able to swing a shotgun around.
Frankie trying to keep my woodcock.
Woodcock popper things, delicious. Marinated, then wrapped in bacon with a thick slice of onion and grilled.
