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I saw and shot more grouse yesterday than I have since I was 12 years old. There is a serious bonanza of spruce grouse this year in region7, but I did find a covey of seven ruffies, of which I shot two and let three walk, as they wouldn't flush and I already had five spruce in the bag.
Two double wingshot spruce grouse, a single runner and a double wingshot on ruffies makes for one hell of a day.
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kootenayelkslayer
09-12-2009, 04:00 PM
Nice work!
frenchbar
09-12-2009, 04:03 PM
Nice pics PGK.Sounds like fun,i would go out chasing Blues ,but its 34 degrees and would rather drink some beers!
Nice pics PGK.Sounds like fun,i would go out chasing Blues ,but its 34 degrees and would rather drink some beers!
No kidding. I was breakin a sweat just drivin around yesterday :lol:
LeverActionJunkie
09-12-2009, 06:02 PM
Nice work PGK! Nice work indeed! Great pics too, gives me some more inspiration for next time :)
Did you really shoot six out of seven of them birds on the wing?
Congrats again, and thanks for sharing:)
Nice work PGK! Nice work indeed! Great pics too, gives me some more inspiration for next time :)
Did you really shoot six out of seven of them birds on the wing?
Congrats again, and thanks for sharing:)
Four were spruce grouse, so I had to scratch them up at pretty close range. 10y shots are pretty much a cinch...
The two ruffies were a lucky break. They timed their flushes just perfect at about 15y, going straight away down the road. Hard to miss...lucky day.
d6dan
09-12-2009, 08:32 PM
Nice going on the chicken hunting PGK!. Nice looking old roads to hunt, makes it a good day...
LeverActionJunkie
09-13-2009, 12:43 AM
Four were spruce grouse, so I had to scratch them up at pretty close range. 10y shots are pretty much a cinch...
The two ruffies were a lucky break. They timed their flushes just perfect at about 15y, going straight away down the road. Hard to miss...lucky day.
Hell PGK, a grouse on the wing is never an "easy" shot. Congrats. The forest service should start paying me for all the tree pruning I do, while hunting grouse, specially on ruffed grouse:) If you haven't already, you should take up Skeet, and Sporting Clays when you aren't out hunting:)
Benthos
09-22-2009, 07:37 PM
i was out this weekend around pg and did really good as well. saw way more grouse in one day than i did the entire season last year.
PGK, don't you think using a shotgun for grouse is cheating a bit:lol::eek::smile::eek:
.22lr for me thanks;)
Using a 12ga would be cheating...using a 410 is something kin to masochism...try hitting them in the air with a 22 ;) Did that once too!
Stone Sheep Steve
09-23-2009, 04:03 AM
Nice Breasts you've got there, PGK!:)
I saw a pile of birds as well so far this yr. Seems like a bumper crop'o'birds. Made driving pretty slow as I had to keep stopping to chase chickens:).
Good pics!
SSS
Mr. Dean
09-23-2009, 08:49 AM
There a serious Grouse situation everywhere I've been this season! One of the perks of the dry year... All regions should've had 2 hatches.
Plincker
09-23-2009, 10:43 PM
Nice shooting and those pics look pretty awesome in Sepia!
thunderheart
10-31-2009, 07:29 AM
great shooting both with the gun and with the camera .. well done
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