grouse bonanza ..where?

[finngun]

what part of BC was really 'bonanza' for grouse this year..?
at least around kamloops-okanagan-thomson areas was not good grouse
hunting..just some grouse -here-there..
when im deer hunting..i always keep my eyes for these beautiful chics.:-D

[Sitkaspruce]

Where I was guiding, it was the best I have ever seen.

An easy 30-40 by mid day was the normal, even in the blowing snow and rain. I sent a buddy down a road to walk and check out for me and he counter 32 by 10 in the morning.

I had them fly out of trees and land beside me while calling on a river.

Moved over to hunt moose for myself and the grouse numbers were down from last year, not nearly as many.

On the Island here it was not bad, seen more than usual.

Cheers

SS

[ROEBUCK]

Where I was guiding, it was the best I have ever seen.

An easy 30-40 by mid day was the normal, even in the blowing snow and rain. I sent a buddy down a road to walk and check out for me and he counter 32 by 10 in the morning.

I had them fly out of trees and land beside me while calling on a river.

Moved over to hunt moose for myself and the grouse numbers were down from last year, not nearly as many.

On the Island here it was not bad, seen more than usual.

Cheers

SS

thats strange you saw so many grouse !
with the spring being so wet this year.Normally affects ground nesting game birds,
Although i saw some grouse this year, not as many as normal

[finngun]

Sitkaspruce is that area mainland or what? no moose charl.. or vanc.isl. thanx

[The Dawg]

Saw LOTS up here in and around PG.

[Grousedaddy]

Jamieson creek in kamloops had tons of grouse i ate over 30 of them kamloops has great grouse hunting

[SimilkameenSlayer]

most grouse i have ever seen this year, in the Similkameen. lots of big blues.

[Sitkaspruce]

thats strange you saw so many grouse !
with the spring being so wet this year.Normally affects ground nesting game birds,
Although i saw some grouse this year, not as many as normal

if you look up grouse populations, you will find that the spring plays a small part in the population of grouse. Grouse actually follow a 10 year population cycle, same as rabbits. Yes weather can play a part in the population control, but predation (#1), disease and habitat all play a bigger part.

Up north where I guide, there has always been lots of grouse, but this year was amazing. There is lots of aspen, willow and very thick cover, plus, and I believe this plays a big part, there was lots of rabbits this year, which means that the preds were utilizing the rabbits for food and not the grouse.


Sitkaspruce is that area mainland or what? no moose charl.. or vanc.isl. thanx


Up North on the mainland.

Cheers

SS

[Weatherby Fan]

I have never seen so many grouse in area 3-30 this year,by far the most since I started hunting.

[huntingmom]

It definitley was not in Golden.....

[ROEBUCK]

if you look up grouse populations, you will find that the spring plays a small part in the population of grouse. Grouse actually follow a 10 year population cycle, same as rabbits. Yes weather can play a part in the population control, but predation (#1), disease and habitat all play a bigger part.

Up north where I guide, there has always been lots of grouse, but this year was amazing. There is lots of aspen, willow and very thick cover, plus, and I believe this plays a big part, there was lots of rabbits this year, which means that the preds were utilizing the rabbits for food and not the grouse.



Up North on the mainland.

Cheers

SS

thanks ss
that all makes sense !
I took my info from back in britain where the grouse populations are affected greatly on the grouse moors if you get a really wet spring due to there nests getting washed out.
I thought it would be simmilar here !
Dan

[Steeleco]

South of Merritt was very slow this year but up near Adams during youth season we saw hundreds, just couldn't shoot them. The best place for grouse in my season was north west of Smithers, them and bears were on every corner!!

[NorthShoreX]

The Similkameen area was very productive for Blues this year. The other three MU's I hunted this season had much lower populations.

[aliagha]

this was the best grouse season for us, saw lots, shot our limits two days straight in Okanagan, shot 6 from chilliwack, and then 6 more from princeton in a half day road hunt.

[huntingmom]

this was the best grouse season for us, saw lots, shot our limits two days straight in Okanagan, shot 6 from chilliwack, and then 6 more from princeton in a half day road hunt.

Sounds like you know where to go.....are you some kind of grouse whisperer??

[kootsroots]

Bagged out on spruce twice, blues once, and ruffed once. All in the Okanagan. You must be doing something wrong because I only ever get them by chance while I am out on big game hunts.

[aliagha]

Sounds like you know where to go.....are you some kind of grouse whisperer??
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[seanps]

Rough year in Squamish area. At least for me.

[walks with deer]

majour grouse in region 3 and 7 i would say year was good eats

[cmp88]

Just outside Williams lake produced, managed to take 6 over 2 days but saw a lot more than that.

[huntingmom]

Golden must have had some bad vibes or something....they seemed to be everywhere else....but THERE!!!!!

[Gumsehwah]

A few up here on North coast. . . but not what there should be. It was a very wet and cool spring. However, lots of rabbits, so I'm thinking that next year should be better, as the coyotes are paying more attention to the bunnies, and begging in the villages a lot less.