Psayten River FSR

[Sylus]

Hello All

I spent yesterday hunting the upper psayten river fsr by eastgate and came up with one grouse between me and my brother. I had read on this forum that the road had a great rabbit population but i managed too not see one all of yesterday. We road hunted our way back and then hunted on foot in the burn for a number of hours working the few remaining green thickets in that area and the scrub brush adjacent too the river. I was wondering if any of you guys could shed some light on the cause of our failure... or maybe it was just one of those days?

Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Cheers, Sylus

[Jagermeister]

Your making too much noise.

[Weatherby Fan]

Wolves got all the rabbits......hunt wolves !
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[Blainer]

grouse population low this year, very wet in Sept.
rabbits in small pockets for a couple km along the river, about 3-4 km before bridge and before you start climbing .

Sorry, don't recall km mark

[Sylus]

grouse population low this year, very wet in Sept.
rabbits in small pockets for a couple km along the river, about 3-4 km before bridge and before you start climbing .

Sorry, don't recall km mark

Thanks for the help, we spent the majority of our time past the bridge a few km. How does the wet weather influence the grouse population?

[kelmore]

I saw two yesterday didnt get a shot at either of them

[Weatherby Fan]

grouse population low this year, very wet in Sept.
rabbits in small pockets for a couple km along the river, about 3-4 km before bridge and before you start climbing .

Sorry, don't recall km mark

This would be the same area I see the rabbits in there.

[Big Lew]

" How does the wet weather influence the grouse population?"

Poor survival rates for the chicks.

[Blainer]

Thanks for the help, we spent the majority of our time past the bridge a few km. How does the wet weather influence the grouse population?

Also has huge bearing on where they nest and where you might want to hunt them.
Warm/Dry weather in early fall will generally help with your chances of truck hunting and finding them close or on fsr.

[Sylus]

Interesting stuff! i did not know that, thanks for all the help.