View Full Version : Grouse population this season?
SHOT44
08-13-2011, 12:37 PM
with all the crappy weather we have had this spring and summer:evil: what do you think the ditch chicken hunting will be like this season? Last couple of years have been real good but i havent seen many at all this year.:cry:
SHOT44
08-13-2011, 12:41 PM
sorry I diddn't see the thread on grouse populations that was already started
new hunter
08-13-2011, 01:51 PM
I've seen a few up here , not tons but there out there . Saw a few bunnies too , more so than last year . Up by fountain lake I saw a nice blue sitting by the side of the road , right before the rez , up in the rutherford I heard ruffies doing there calls while scouting a few hundred meters above the valley .
I'll take a few if the oppurtunity presents , but with all the deer I've seen and heard about I think I'll lay off the small game and try for a big kill this year {let the birds recover a bit }.
Anyone think its a little f@cked that theyre not doing a new synopsis this year , what with the huge difference in weather and therefore animal populations .
Grousedaddy
09-11-2011, 07:15 PM
lots of grouse in the kamloops area bagged 8 today before 11 am
Ghillie
09-15-2011, 04:28 PM
Only seen 3 since the 1st
big bar lake has a heathy flock of grouse this year, we could have came hope with are limit plus some.
beerlover
09-15-2011, 04:39 PM
Saw 4 spruce grouse this week.
dakoda62
09-15-2011, 05:49 PM
Lots in central Okanagan
new hunter
09-15-2011, 06:08 PM
Took two yesterday afternoon {weds} , which is usually what I'd get in a good afternoon . Got one on the fsr , the other was my first kill completely on foot . That one on foot was awsome , I've had a ton of luck road hunting for birds , but it felt so good to get out of the truck , creep up a grown over deactivated road and pop one the old fashioned way . I think I'm converted .
Not the best for grouse on the coast, I see maybe 3-4 a week. haven't got a crack at one yet though
SHOT44
09-15-2011, 07:30 PM
been out alot around pg havent seen one yet....
holmes76
09-16-2011, 09:39 AM
we saw a family of around 8 last night.. got two.
i saw a ton around kelowna .not too much else but cant say grouse population is hurting in that area
bc_boy
09-16-2011, 10:34 AM
lot's up in the central interior. surprised because of the late wet spring, went out sunday and got 4 ruffed had a dozen or more that where faster than I was
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