No deer but a huge grouse

[BigfishCanada]

Took the boy out looking for blacktail, too sunny and warm but he got the biggest grouse I have ever seen

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[Poguebilt]

monster!!!!!

[ducktoller]

Hyooooge bird.


Also looks like an awesome paint job on the truck.

[BuckNaked]

Wow, what a bird!

First gen Bronco in the back???

[field marshal]

Now that is one BOSS HOOTER!!!!:-D Great job Dad and son!!!---Cheers---Field Marshal.

[horshur]

probably be tough eating...old bird.

[evilginger]

probably be tough eating...old bird.



Way to be positive...

["No Choke"Lord Walsingham]

Surely the bird will taste great. I have yet to have one that didn't! The last one I recall eating was at least that big and may well have been older. Delicious!

That is simply a fantastic bird, congratulations. Surely an excellent candidate for a permanent place in your home, in taxidermy form.

All the best for the rest of the Blacktail season, too!

[Blainer]

Big Blue(Dusky)
I believe it looks like a female,male have colorful markings
big bird! Great find! Good on ya!
male below
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female
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[16ga]

Looks like a blue grouse.

[electroman]

That is one huge bird. Nicely done.

[lovemywinchester]

Thats a beauty for sure Chris. Turkey sized breast coming out of that guy.

[coach]

That thing's a cranker! I've only been able to take a few meat grouse this year. :-D

[Jim Prawn]

That's a whopper! Big ol turkey blue! I've only ever seen a few like that in the timber in the Ashnola. Dice em up and shaken bake em! I'd like to get one like that mounted one day. Good job.
JP

[HarryToolips]

Looks delicious congrats I bet he had a blast..did ya cut off the meat from the legs to go with the breast??

[guywitha270]

Did it make BC book? That's a cranker for sure!

[Sofa King]

Wow, what a bird!

First gen Bronco in the back???

not sure where you're lookin', but looks like a tracker or sidekick to me.

[BigfishCanada]

Far from a tracker or sidekick, a first gen Pajero, or dodge lovers may call it a raider. I call it a tank, we went up some roads that had us hesitate turning around a few times but we couldn't lol.

I would say a Blue for sure, and I would say old, slow baked it, although tasty it was chewy. I should have sent it to the Taxidermy. My son kept the claws, and back feathers. I really need to learn to pluck and keep em whole. I only too the breasts, but the legs were like KFC size drum sticks

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[BuckNaked]

Far from a tracker or sidekick, a first gen Pajero, or dodge lovers may call it a raider. I call it a tank, we went up some roads that had us hesitate turning around a few times but we couldn't lol.

I would say a Blue for sure, and I would say old, slow baked it, although tasty it was chewy. I should have sent it to the Taxidermy. My son kept the claws, and back feathers. I really need to learn to pluck and keep em whole. I only too the breasts, but the legs were like KFC size drum sticks

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Cool meat wagon! Dont see those very often, certainly cant mix those up with a sunrunner or vitara!

[Sleep Robber]

Big ol blue houter, woulda made a damn fine stew i bet.

[eastkoothunter]

Love a good B&C grouse... Funner than deer hunting some days.

[caddisguy]

I saw over a hundred in the south cariboo last week. We shot a few of the larger birds, but only one--though still smaller--compared to that! I did see a monster in region 2 back in September--only one for the region this year--while doing some 4x4ing, but did not get a chance at it. Amazing bird... any bigger you might need to use a winch... make sure the truck is on a flat surface. Great job!!!

[Rackem]

Are you sure that is not a Turkey?? WOW! Congratulations on a huge grouse!

[hawkdog]

Don't take me wrong but I am curious how people get their CORE and are allowed to hunt when they cannot ID what they are shooting? How do you know if you even allowed to shoot it or what the bag limit is?

[LYKTOHUNT]

That's a whopper! Big ol turkey blue! I've only ever seen a few like that in the timber in the Ashnola. Dice em up and shaken bake em! I'd like to get one like that mounted one day. Good job.
JP
That is the way we cook them in the bush, just like candy

[HIGHRPM]

Big grouse, congrats !

[finngun]

nice bird..beautiful...did ya try to get it scored by Boone and Crockett :mrgreen:....or WHAT:confused:

[Dannybuoy]

Don't take me wrong but I am curious how people get their CORE and are allowed to hunt when they cannot ID what they are shooting? How do you know if you even allowed to shoot it or what the bag limit is?
Some of us "grandfathered in" didn't have to take the core :-D .
But seriously nice bird ! I brought home a blue last year that was 2 1/2 lbs in the pot .... I roasted it like a chicken and it was delicious . There were much larger ones in the flock that flew before I could get a shot too !

[16ga]

Don't take me wrong but I am curious how people get their CORE and are allowed to hunt when they cannot ID what they are shooting? How do you know if you even allowed to shoot it or what the bag limit is?
There are some regions where the bag limit and seasons for blue, ruffed and spruce are different, sharptail grouse are even more limited (the male can be mistaken for a light Blue the female for a ruffed), I have seen sharptails in northern B.C. and in the Koots.

[B-rad]

Wow,,,now that's a gorgeous male blue,,,,good job

[panhead]

Long necked model ... tasty ...

[mungojeerie]

Nice! I love chicken hunting :) Biggest bird I ever bagged was also a Blue... they get the biggest in my experience. I just processed my possession limit into burger.... almost 10 lbs of ground bush chicken... looking forward to chicken burgers :)

[bucket]

Nice Grouse, also, real nice paint job on the Jeep there!

[Bowzone_Mikey]

I was gonna say from the first pic an XJ or Raider (they are pretty damn close to the same wagon)

those are great lil 4x4s ... if you can find a clean one they are easy to build and modify



Far from a tracker or sidekick, a first gen Pajero, or dodge lovers may call it a raider. I call it a tank, we went up some roads that had us hesitate turning around a few times but we couldn't lol.

I would say a Blue for sure, and I would say old, slow baked it, although tasty it was chewy. I should have sent it to the Taxidermy. My son kept the claws, and back feathers. I really need to learn to pluck and keep em whole. I only too the breasts, but the legs were like KFC size drum sticks

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[BigfishCanada]

Fully rebuilt, everything new, my boy and I did the paint job this past summer

[shuswapbear]

Good score there, hope it tasted great? What area of region 3 did ya find it in? I'm Salmon Arm area and having problems finding any.