Any Grouse yet?

[deerhunter123]

Hi Hunters,

Have any of you got any grouse yet? just wondering about the numbers this year!

Last year i got 15:wink:, and this year so far i got 3:-D so i hope to keep em coming


thanks
Deerhunter123

[Fred1]

Big year for chickens! Been seeing lots all summer/fall. Saw 21 on Sunday!

[deerhunter123]

Big year for chickens! Been seeing lots all summer/fall. Saw 21 on Sunday!

Where did you see them

[Pangaea]

Got fifteen so far. We've eaten 6 already, YUM! 8-15 & 8-6.

[deerhunter123]

Got fifteen so far. We've eaten 6 already, YUM! 8-15 & 8-6.


wow nice must of gotten out alot

[stevo911_]

Took a couple in 1-6, passed up on a half dozen more :)

[Pangaea]

wow nice must of gotten out alot

Was out for a 4 day trip with my daughter... Thought 8-15 was going to be my honey hole, but it was a bust deer-wise, so we moved closer to home...

[hoochie]

2 Saturdays in a row we got 6 birds each day and a rabbit to boot. big birds this year

[Sunzuki]

Grabbed four out of the six I seen last week.
Not the same bunch, need to leave breeding stock.

[444marlin]

Bagged these guys at Itcha last week. We carried our Savage Rascal into the mountains.
Deadly little 22.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/grouse4.jpg

[albravo2]

Nice shooting everybody.

I'm definitely having classic hunting luck. I saw dozens before the opener and not one since.

[trev23]

Nice shooting everybody.

I'm definitely having classic hunting luck. I saw dozens before the opener and not one since.

your not alone, I saw tons of grouse and some nice bucks in august and nothing since haha

[Legi0n]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=_pTQARSLbcs

[Tomanik2700]

New hunter here, can confirm that there is plentiful grouse if you look for em!

[kilometers]

Been out multiple times. Only seen and killed one reg 6

[PointMan]

LOTS in 3:20. Flushed about 20 in one spot, 5 in another, 3 in one more. All in one day. Brought home 3 and a rabbit, little slow on the draw my first trip out. LOL

[fyffer]

I got 5. My buddy got. 4 in about 15 min of walking

[1/2 slam]

10 in 2 trips. 5 Blues and 5 Willow's

[rcar]

The best year in recent memory for both Grouse and Rabbit at the cabin in 5-2. They were everywhere.

[badgreenbird]

seems to be plenty up in the Peace area this year... both ruffies and spruce

[lip_ripper00]

4 of us easily got our limit daily in 7-26 lots of birds!

[d6dan]

First trip today, 1 Ruffed grouse. Seen 3 all morning.

[Gumsehwah]

FINALLY!
Got one of the little buggers. :-)

[Ron.C]

Just got home from 4-25. Tons of birds. Made for several great meals over the fire.

[BRvalley]

lots in the peace, spruce and ruffled

http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o784/BRvalley/tuck_zpsa37979f3.jpg (http://s1343.photobucket.com/user/BRvalley/media/tuck_zpsa37979f3.jpg.html)

[fearnodeer]

Up to over 40 for this year been great.

Was brought to my attention that this is over my aloud amount, by 40 I was referring to not just me but the people I have hunting so this is a total for us.

[Paulyman]

Seem to be up pretty high still. Lots up high in 3-42 none down low

[itsy bitsy xj]

I'm heading out to 8-4 next week hopefully there will be some birds aswel as as a deer and maybe a bear

[itsy bitsy xj]

I'm heading out to 8-4 next week hopefully there will be some birds aswel as as a deer and maybe a bear

Am I sounding greedy yet?

[1/2 slam]

lots in the peace, spruce and ruffled

Whats a ruffled grouse? It's ruffed not ruffled.

[BRvalley]

meh, iPhone autocorrect, it's close enough... good thing hbc is big on grammar and spell check lol

[duckhunter1488]

Drove all the way up Chehalis FSR and didn't see a single grouse! Any tips on areas to go for a rip? I am heading up to Pemberton this next week for work and have the day to do some hunting before work that night....areas I should check out? I am thinking heading up any of the FSRs enroute through Squamish? Or keep heading up to Pemby and head down those roads? Tips? Suggestions?

[caddisguy]

I saw a bunch of Region 2 grouse yesterday around Hope/Chilliwack. Unfortunately I only had a 30-06. Missed out on some geese too. I really need a 12ga with a barrel that's legal for hunting and the gf can take care of any long shots with the 06.

[Gateholio]

Got a few this morning. The H&H 20 guage single shot got a workout!

[adriaticum]

Drove all the way up Chehalis FSR and didn't see a single grouse! Any tips on areas to go for a rip? I am heading up to Pemberton this next week for work and have the day to do some hunting before work that night....areas I should check out? I am thinking heading up any of the FSRs enroute through Squamish? Or keep heading up to Pemby and head down those roads? Tips? Suggestions?

It's too wet and too many hunters for grouse in region 2. I've seen only 1 in 10 years.
Chehalis is the wettest place on earth.
I would go somewhere where it's dry with spruce forest.

[backyardhunter3006]

Got 4 ruffles this evening.

[Brizz]

TOOOONNNSSS of grouse in region 8.

[duckhunter1488]

Well I'm out in Pemberton for a couple days for work and plan to take a swing on out the Hurley FSR with the .22 and .308.....hoping to come home with a couple blues!

[deerhunter123]

bump this up

[RackStar]

yup, saw a bunch in 2 days, shot 5 passed on many. in region 3... to busy hikin my ass off, coming back from a morning hike I had a 2 point mulie 200 yards from my tent, then 2 or 3 grouse right in my camp... no 4 pointers but I did see 3 bucks in 2 days, come on any buck October.

[Ruger.270]

2 ruffies met their demise up Nanaimo Lakes today. flushed a 3rd but no shot. Only out for a couple hours, so not bad for around here.

If anyone has any tips for blue grouse in the mid-island area I'm all ears!

[steadly93]

Two trips in the Peace must of seen 20+... I got three Spruce, and my girlfriend got her first ever kill with 3 spruce and 1 ruffie!

[XterraGirl]

Over the weekend we got a total of 8 ruffed. We were out in 3-14, 3-15. We saw probably a total of 20-25 birds. Didn't see any rabbits or deer. Although on Saturday my boyfriend almost had a cinnamon mama bear run into his motorcycle. He was coasting down the fsr (to not scare the grouse), went around a corner and there was a cinnamon bear further up the road. He saw it and started hitting the button to start the bike. Bear stands up and oh look, there is baby grabbing onto mama's bum. He is still riding towards her (to get back onto the highway), she starts huffing at him. He rides past and she runs across the road behind him and up a tree.

[RugDoctor]

Bag limit on Ruffies Saturday and Sunday.

[Sofa King]

saw more rabbits than grouse this weekend.
still saw several, but less than usual.
forgot the little guns anyway.

[HarryToolips]

Seeing lots of grouse this year.....

[Trojans16]

Yep good opening weekend
http://i1370.photobucket.com/albums/ag241/blair_gray6/05d23e16-7708-4726-adbb-30388a866d6f_zps403ihjii.jpg[/URL]

[epicZERO74]

Small pic, but me with 2 grouse from the weekend before last
http://i.imgur.com/TYmd2ZP.jpg

[ruger#1]

Small pic, but me with 2 grouse from the weekend before last
http://i.imgur.com/TYmd2ZP.jpg Now I can say that I have seen grouse. I have been cutting firewood since early June. And haven't even seen a feather.

[RackStar]

don't forget your grouse tags,
CO are crackin down this year I hear from others

[hare_assassin]

10 so far...

[Sofa King]

don't forget your grouse tags,
CO are crackin down this year I hear from others

indeed.
that's actually why we didn't take any that we saw through the four days we were out.

[firstshot]

I was out in 6-11 on the opening day in a spot where a saw a lot last November and I only came across 1 but I never got a shot. I expected to see a lot more.

[ActionJackson017]

Bad luck for us, we spent 5 days out late last week; saw zero grouse and zero rabbits. At 5000+ feet in region 3. Here's hoping for better luck our next time out!

[Nstera]

4 in 2 days . Cooked up some grouse parmigiana tonight. There are tons out there. Saw 10 this weekend

[J-Man]

We are seeing about 30 a day in Reg 3, mostly in the mornings from 8am to 11am. They are out at night but its closer to 7:00pm and that's usually when we are heading back for dinner. Most were not on the roads though.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/750/21436607432_cf6a5846f1_n.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/yEhdxS) https://farm1.staticflickr.com/612/21260682309_aa1f2f1116_n.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/yoJy96)

[Carrollizer]

I was out with a buddy around Lillooet and we saw about 40 of them over the weekend and bagged 5. We could have got more if we weren't trying to find our little deer honey hole.
Most of them were on the road. See one, shoot it and 6 more fly away that were hidden. Good camo on the FSRs

Good luck out there.

[EmJayBee]

MIssed 1, saw 2, heard 4 - region 6...it has been quite wet on the coast. We saw ours near Hazelton/Kitwanga....seeing is not eating..grrrrr

[Marlowethelazydog]

Huge year for Grouse and Snowshoe hare. Taken my bag limit in grouse 3 days in a row (and now eating them) and taken about 30 or more rabbits. Enjoy it while it lasts!

[Marlowethelazydog]

indeed.
that's actually why we didn't take any that we saw through the four days we were out.

seriously? surely you jest :)

[caddisguy]

Saw over a dozen in my Region 2 area the weekend before rifle season. I was able to get so close I could have whacked them with a rock.

This last weekend after rifle season started, I saw 10 or so either driving or walking FSR's. One was a huge fat ruffed. They'd either take off or disappear into thick cover before I could get a shot at them. Tried finding them in their cover a few times but no dice. Not a total loss though... I went through some thick crap and found a deer trail... followed and found a clearing at an intersection of 4 deer trails with an old rusted out tree stand on a fallen tree.

Long story short, grouse in my area aren't easy to pop but they can lead you to good deer spots!!!

[Junorr500]

Up to 7 now. Seen easy 10 more.

[tuner]

Yes, lots.

[GotaGun]

Yuppers lots out.☺

[EmJayBee]

It has been very wet in region 6....a few good reports, but no super great here (near the coast).

[bwerb]

Thinking about heading out with my sons this weekend. Any recommendations between heading up the Squamish FSR vs the Mamquam FSR...leaning towards Mamquam.

[Ramshot]

My daughter got her buck the other day and a nice brace of blue grouse! Was a good morning. Ramshot
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/KB_deer-grouse.jpg

[J-Man]

I know that spot, recognize the tree

[Glenny]

lots in the peace, spruce and ruffled

http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o784/BRvalley/tuck_zpsa37979f3.jpg (http://s1343.photobucket.com/user/BRvalley/media/tuck_zpsa37979f3.jpg.html)

lol the smile says it all. Beautiful pup.

[russm]

Thinking about heading out with my sons this weekend. Any recommendations between heading up the Squamish FSR vs the Mamquam FSR...leaning towards Mamquam.

I'd say mamquam out of the 2 choices me personally I'll be heading east this weekend, less people that way....

[bwerb]

I'd say mamquam out of the 2 choices me personally I'll be heading east this weekend, less people that way....

How far East are you thinking?

[russm]

How far East are you thinking?

Probably Princeton or cache creek area, I know cache creek/Clinton pretty good and can get away from people pretty easily there but I found a ton of elk sign around Princeton back in the spring when I was looking for a bear so it's a bit of a toss up at this point.

[Iron Glove]

Have heard rumours that there are lots of grouse South of Princeton on the FSR's off of Copper Mine Road.
Just sayin'. ;-)

[Gumsehwah]

It has been very wet in region 6....a few good reports, but no super great here (near the coast).

STILL really wet here on coastal region 6. Not as many or as big as last year. Predator numbers are up, so not a lot of surplus birds. Not seeing them in groups, either. :-/

[604ksmith]

I was just out this morning in 7A around PG and didn't see a single Grouse or Rabbit. Frustrating since I actually remembered to bring my shotgun this time!

[RugDoctor]

Another successful evening. Not quite to the limit, but a little more meat in the freezer for sure!

[bwerb]

Mission was a success. Saw four, harvested two who are in my oven roasting as I'm typing. We likely could have had more but hit our turn-around time.

Was pulled-over for a compliance check on the way out...all good our course. They were after someone who had been reported.

[Bubba123]

Have heard rumours that there are lots of grouse South of Princeton on the FSR's off of Copper Mine Road.
Just sayin'. ;-)


And those rumours are true...Placer, Copper Mine, Sunday Summit...Great hunting when it's dry.

[EmJayBee]

Despite the heavy rains..the grouse are starting to be seen a bit more around Terrace. Got my first of the season near Cedarvale last night. Saw two more. Will be heading up hwy 16 to Smithers for Deer and expect more grouse as we head east.

[bwerb]

Saw 3 in 3-19 above 5100 feet...took too long to get the slingshot out to harvvest...sigh...they were really cool to watch.

[bwerb]

Saw three ruffed yesterday at around 5100 feet in 5-19. Smarter than the spruce brethern at the top of the Coq.