first kill with my new 30-06

[sarg]

Species: grouse (neck shot)
Date of Kill: oct 8 2012
Region: 3-29
Weapon used:browning XBolt 30-06 (168 grain winchester supreme sliver tipped http://bigshotsbc.ca/Smileys/default/smiley.gif )
yard: about 42
hopefully after oct 12 my second kill with it will be a little bigger http://bigshotsbc.ca/Smileys/default/smiley.gif
http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/223218_10151059453837400_402563980_n.jpg

[coach]

Great shootin', Sarg! Did you put a tape on that thing? Could be a booner..:-D

[fuzzybiscuit]

Don't you know that head and neck shots are considered unethical by some? Go for the heart/lung shot next time.

[ianwuzhere]

neck shots are unethical unless your using a 168 grain winchester supreme sliver tipped.
now get that tape on em rite away!!

[sarg]

Great shootin', Sarg! Did you put a tape on that thing? Could be a booner..:-D
i radio my buddy for a hand clean it and to load it up , but didnt get throu so i had to do it all my self :)

[ianwuzhere]

nice- did u have to go out and buy a MR7500 to pack all of it out?

[Salmon Belly]

you remembered to cut your grouse tag, right?

[Jetboat]

Did ya recover the bullet and weigh it? ;)

[r106]

Your under gunned. I took a shot at 1 today with the 325wsm. Barely did the job, might need to get a .375. If you insist on using a 30/06 for grouse make sure you load up some tsx's to be sure to get the penetration needed.

[835]

you remembered to cut your grouse tag, right?


Thats so last year! lol.....
but it got me

[Foxtail]

Must be inferior ammo... I poked at one with the 30-06 a few years ago and only found feathers lol

[BCHunterTV]

how long was the beek? defiantly should make book!

[TESKELLY]

LOL this thread is awesome! Had a great laugh after reading all the posts not to mention it made me remember my grouse two weeks ago that I shot with my 12 guage. I was to close and managed to blow off his head, wings, legs and lower guts. There wasn't much left but I checked anyways only to find the breast still in perfect condition lol.

[sarg]

how long was the beek? defiantly should make book!
i think it was just a bit long then the one i got with the .410 the day b4 :)

[Good2bCanadian]

Nice shot Sarge!

[walks with deer]

Its a sprucey must have been close.

[daywalker]

I think 45yds would be the max for me if I was only using a 30-06 those things are very aggressive glad to hear your ok

[finngun]

LOL this thread is awesome! Had a great laugh after reading all the posts not to mention it made me remember my grouse two weeks ago that I shot with my 12 guage. I was to close and managed to blow off his head, wings, legs and lower guts. There wasn't much left but I checked anyways only to find the breast still in perfect condition lol.

how do you explane that to CO??? have to have at least 1 wing hanging at the meat.....illlllegallll..:mrgreen::-D:mrgreen:

[Rubberfist]

You wasted some perfectly good neck meat...

[RiverOtter]

Hope you poked it with the barrel a couple times, to make sure it was dead, before starting the photo opp......:-D

[ActionJackson017]

OMG I cut 4 grouse tags just last week. Old man wouldn't let me shoot a blue grouse w/ my 30-06.. still hurt over it, thing was the size of a small turkey!

[Doe Eyes]

When I got my brand new 243 a couple of years ago...I shot the legs off a grouse!

[Bc Deer Hunter]

When I got my brand new 243 a couple of years ago...I shot the legs off a grouse!
Sounds productive!!!

[sarg]

When I got my brand new 243 a couple of years ago...I shot the legs off a grouse!
last year i shot a grouse in clinton with my 243cal, hit it high in the back, when i walk up to it it was just a breast lying there :) pre clean for me :)

[fuzzybiscuit]

Originally posted by Doe Eyes;

"When I got my brand new 243 a couple of years ago...I shot the legs off a grouse!"

What a coincidence, I shot one a couple years ago pushing himself along in a little wheelchair. Must have been the one you were shooting at.

[Singleshotneeded]

I'm thinking you need to use "enough gun" when going after large BC grouse...I'm looking at a .416 Rigby if
they make TTSX ammo for it, otherwise I'll go with a .577 T-Rex. Good shooting! :-)

[Sofa King]

you got lucky this time.
quite often they roam the bush in packs.

[Dirty30-30]

I've taken a few with my .308. Expensive meat considering the size of grouse and the cost of amo!!

[Wade]

Looks like the hounds got at that one too

[180grainer]

Grouse are survival food. Don't kill them without having some respect.

[urbanhermit]

smart not to lean the rifle against it for the pic, more than one rifle has been lost when the grouse comes to and tangles up in the strap and runs off with the rifle.