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Went out for a drive yesterday to an area where I can shoot my rifle at 500 yards. I counted 21 grouse on a 4km chunk of old road I drive up to the area I shoot. Usually always see a few birds there, but nothing like this. Ruffy's and a few blues at the top.
Took out my .17 on the way back down and bagged a couple for supper.
Anyway, really good to see this many birds.
VERY Cool. ! Luck to see that many birds in a season sometimes anymore ! :shock: RJ
I drove 15 km and saw three. Bagged 1.
Not on the island but here in Region 8 my buddy and I stumbled on Grouse city, it was a small clearing in the woods with at least 20 grouse in it and 6 along the road. Many more could be heard hooting nearby.
We selectively harvested 4 each so maybe there'll be even more next time around.
https://i.imgur.com/pknyzb9.jpg
This has been a good year for grouse in many regions in BC. I've been keeping a running total since i started hunting Sept. 10 and so far I've counted 117. Bagged many limits this year! Left a lot behind afterwards.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4431/...2c93868f_o.jpgIMG_0600 by Brent Davy, on Flickr
the ones i`ve been seeing are super skittish, from 20 yards away they are spooking, , i`m averaging 1 per trip though, at this rate by the end of season i`ll have enough to run em through the smoker...lol
Brent, how's Sako doing with retrieving and flushing?Quote:
Originally Posted by mastercaster
Who got the ninth one?Quote:
Originally Posted by DarekG
That's a nice haul.
She's super keen at wanting to locate the birds,,,,,not so keen on retrieving them because the feathers of grouse come out so easily in her mouth and she doesn't like that. I think I'll go through the force fetch methodology with her which I had started before the season began. She been exposed to a lot of birds for a nine month old dog but she still has a lot to learn but she'll get there!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fella
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4429/...159c76e3_o.jpgIMG_0556 (1) by Brent Davy, on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4357/...e2a66804_o.jpgIMG_0543 by Brent Davy, on Flickr
goatdancer...Who got the ninth one?
That's a nice haul.////
i guess bonus one is roadkill....that no count:mrgreen: