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    21 Grouse Yesterday on Van Isle

    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.

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    Re: 21 Grouse Yesterday on Van Isle

    VERY Cool. ! Luck to see that many birds in a season sometimes anymore ! RJ

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    Re: 21 Grouse Yesterday on Van Isle

    I drove 15 km and saw three. Bagged 1.
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    Re: 21 Grouse Yesterday on Van Isle

    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.


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    Re: 21 Grouse Yesterday on Van Isle

    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.

    IMG_0600 by Brent Davy, on Flickr

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    Re: 21 Grouse Yesterday on Van Isle

    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

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    Re: 21 Grouse Yesterday on Van Isle

    Quote Originally Posted by mastercaster View Post
    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.

    IMG_0600 by Brent Davy, on Flickr
    Brent, how's Sako doing with retrieving and flushing?

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    Re: 21 Grouse Yesterday on Van Isle

    Quote Originally Posted by DarekG View Post
    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.


    Who got the ninth one?
    That's a nice haul.
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    Re: 21 Grouse Yesterday on Van Isle

    Quote Originally Posted by Fella View Post
    Brent, how's Sako doing with retrieving and flushing?
    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!

    IMG_0556 (1) by Brent Davy, on Flickr

    IMG_0543 by Brent Davy, on Flickr
    Last edited by mastercaster; 10-18-2017 at 11:30 PM.

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    Re: 21 Grouse Yesterday on Van Isle

    goatdancer...Who got the ninth one?
    That's a nice haul.////
    i guess bonus one is roadkill....that no count

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