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BuckNaked
05-03-2014, 08:35 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vNklmjZwLU&feature=youtu.be
"No Choke"Lord Walsingham
05-03-2014, 09:14 PM
Thank you for taking the time to post this here for us. He's a lovely Grouse!
markomoose
05-03-2014, 10:59 PM
What the hell kinda grouse is that?Never seen one!
"No Choke"Lord Walsingham
05-03-2014, 11:08 PM
Sooty Grouse is also known as the Blue Grouse as well as the Dusky, these are all names for the same bird. Or were, according to American Ornithologists's Union, who now consider Sooty and Dusky Grouse different birds. I (and the Game Bird Regulations everywhere I have looked) still consider them so (Blue Grouse). Here are a few links for anyone interested in learning more -

http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/234/overview/Blue_Grouse.aspx

http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird/dusky_grouse

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=1077&q=Blue+Grouse

These Birds are not only a great bird to see... They are surely a favourite to Hunt!
coach
05-03-2014, 11:23 PM
Very cool!!
BuckNaked
05-04-2014, 05:17 AM
All you hear in the lower mainland forests right now are these guys! This guy had at least 2 other bros in the vicinity hooting it up in full strut! Anyone know how long the breeding season is, ive seen these guys still displaying well into June in the past.
markomoose
05-04-2014, 08:54 PM
I thought these particular grouse were more common to the HIGH COUNTRY??
BuckNaked
05-05-2014, 08:35 PM
Ive seen them from Cultus Lake to the top of the Coq.

I got this guy and the 2 hens up at Portia last June.
http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa406/phonedzero/IMG_5555_zps848f2c2f.jpg (http://s1196.photobucket.com/user/phonedzero/media/IMG_5555_zps848f2c2f.jpg.html)
http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa406/phonedzero/IMG_5547_zpsf577fb8c.jpg (http://s1196.photobucket.com/user/phonedzero/media/IMG_5547_zpsf577fb8c.jpg.html)
adriaticum
05-05-2014, 09:00 PM
Birdie num num !
clte
05-06-2014, 09:36 PM
MMmmmmm Grouse.
hoochie
05-22-2014, 10:34 PM
you "got" them? meaning shot them?


Ive seen them from Cultus Lake to the top of the Coq.

I got this guy and the 2 hens up at Portia last June.
http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa406/phonedzero/IMG_5555_zps848f2c2f.jpg (http://s1196.photobucket.com/user/phonedzero/media/IMG_5555_zps848f2c2f.jpg.html)
http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa406/phonedzero/IMG_5547_zpsf577fb8c.jpg (http://s1196.photobucket.com/user/phonedzero/media/IMG_5547_zpsf577fb8c.jpg.html)
1/2 slam
05-26-2014, 03:04 PM
Nice finger shots
BuckNaked
05-26-2014, 05:43 PM
you "got" them? meaning shot them?

Just on digital, these were taken in June. Believe me, I went back looking for them in September, they must have knew I was coming and split town!
BuckNaked
05-26-2014, 05:48 PM
Heard my first Ruffed Grouse the other day, I thought I was having a heart attack...I could feel the drumming in my chest that clearly! I don't think I had heard it in the wild before, thought it was pretty cool once I figured out what it was.
Blair
05-26-2014, 06:01 PM
Very interesting, that website shows that there are no Blue grouse on the west coast of British Columbia. I beg to differ.
"No Choke"Lord Walsingham
05-26-2014, 07:00 PM
I believe that website says there are no Dusky grouse on the west coast of British Columbia... Because the kind of Blue Grouse you find there is the Sooty! Still, those maps are certainly nowhere being the most accurate representation of Bird range, simply something to give a rough idea to those interested. Definitely Blue Grouse there, the Sooty's love that country we Hunters so often associate with Blacktail Deer.

Blue Grouse are one of our most wonderous Bird species! Very tasty animals and an all around great bird to Hunt.