How are the grouse numbers looking this year ?

[bogtrotter]

Any news from Kamloops, Merritt, Princeton areas would be appreciated.

[swampdonkey]

Been seeing a few around tunkwa area.

[huntinnewbie]

yesterday we took the new road from Coalmont through to the Britton rest stop on the Coq. 56 k through and other than 3 does we didn't see a thing.

[Singleshotneeded]

I know where there's a huge flock of them, it's a long drive though...tossing it around...everyone limits out in a few minutes...

[Muliechaser]

Grouse is excelent this year, as very unexpected lmao. The wife gets them all this year.

[Cookie1965]

Fair to middlin' between the coq and Tulameen last time I was there.

[yamadirt 426]

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I was 4ft from this guy eating berries while we were hiking in Garibaldi last weekend. His little buddy was running around behind us. Another place , another time , would have been 2 in the bag.

[solo]

Saw 13 total on a 4 hour hike in 3-30 last Saturday. Looks to be a good year!

[Warlite]

Everybody ready for tomorrow? Saw a few on my last couple scouting trips, hope to see lots tomorrow!

[Rackem]

Nice pic of the grouse in the blueberries! I have not seen ANY this year in 7B, where the heck are they? Wet spring and summer here...

[Cookie1965]

Taking off in a few hours to be out for opening day mulies and grouse tomorrow first light. Maybe a couple of hares on the drive in this afternoon. Saw quite a few grouse earlier this summer, hope they're still around.
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[Warlite]

^^^ Thanks for sharing the pics, hope I see some of these guys tomorrow!

Bet it is gonna be crazy around Kamloops tomorrow though...........

[nano]

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ran into this on a hike about a month ago hope there will be more this weekend!

[nano]

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[frenchbar]

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[OutWest]

They're all over the place in the South Okanagan.

[meat man]

North of Kamloops in the Barriere -Little Fort area they geese are out in flocks of 60-70....

[Gumsehwah]

Any word from region 6?
Looking to go out. Can't wait!

[Chilliwack]

Saw a good number today and took just under a limit of blues and willows in 2 hours as too much picking in the heat.

[Warlite]

Saw a good number today and took just under a limit of blues and willows in 2 hours as too much picking in the heat.

You got these in Region 3?

[Warlite]

Anybody wanna go out this evening for some grouse?

[uraarchr]

Saw lots east of Canal Flats last week and a half.Some of them arent there anymore!!Lotsa fun shooten em with bow and arrow

[meathead]

lotsa grouse this year everywere.seen willow low spruse halfway and blues up top try to kill the adults and leave the babys to grow or let your kid killem

[Chilliwack]

You got these in Region 3?Yes but only saw 3 on second day in 5 hours, 2 willows fell to the scattergun.

[butcher]

Kids and I have killed 32 Since the 10th

[biggyun68]

Saw two big ones up the Ashlu valley yesterday - very wiley :-D

[TexasWalker]

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[J-Man]

Only 3 in a day hunt between Eastgate and Placier, lots of hares all over. Talked to a 6 other guys hunting, seems we had the most shooting.
2/3 Grouse
5/10 Hares

[Westcoastgunner]

Saw a dozen of them in rabbit flats one morning

[Gumsehwah]

Took my first three grouse yesterday up In the Upper Nass watershed.

[new trigger]

Got 6 out of the 7 in 8-4 on the weekend. Took 2 from a covey of about 6 birds, the others were all singles. Not as much action as expected, but was our first hunt in this area and found a few good spots not to hunt, and only one spot to return to.

[srupp]

just in from Horsefly area saw literally hundreds of grouse one day over 100..mostly sharp tails..best grouse hunting numbers in my entire career...Steven

[nano]

Saw 10 yesterday and shot 4. We let some go because the birds themself were very small. The size was comparible to a quail.

[caddisguy]

Over the course of a few days I covered every trail in 2-2 as far as the jeep could make it and a ways further by foot to stalk and still hunt on some of them. The only game we saw were snowshoe hares (no opening in 2-2) and the biggest grouse I have ever seen. It was enormous. True story.

[marcus44]

Seeing really good numbers of birds this year. My buddy and I took our limit yesturday. Saw around 20 birds or so in total

[hare_assassin]

....and the biggest grouse I have ever seen. It was enormous. True story.

I believe you. :D

http://www.cogitech.ca/photos/hunting/big_blue.jpg

[caddisguy]

Nice one hare_assassin! I am guessing that was a Kamloopian blue grouse? No joke about the one I saw in 2-2. I spent half an hour after the sighting looking for him or his buddies, before my hunt was interrupted by some drunken folks screaming and flailing about... came out to find some belligerent naked guy who had lost control of his bladder. Guess he managed to wet himself head to toe. His gf wanted me to help with the car problems and Mr wetty-no-pants asked to see my rifle and actually tried to reach for it. Wish my dashcam picked up the whole ordeal. I left them on the trail, ran into a park attendant and gave him the info. Very sad. They had a two or three year old kid in the car. Region 2 at it's finest! You will see a drunk naked person in the bush before you'll you bag a critter.

I tried West Harrison on Saturday. We drove up until Mystery Creek and then around Chehalis up to the landslide. Hiked around a little. Neither tracks nor poop. No grouse either. Turned around a made our way back. Saw 3 chipmunks and a dying broken stem fern flagging in the wind that excited me. I think I will try Merritt this weekend.

[Sofa King]

Nice one hare_assassin! I am guessing that was a Kamloopian blue grouse? No joke about the one I saw in 2-2. I spent half an hour after the sighting looking for him or his buddies, before my hunt was interrupted by some drunken folks screaming and flailing about... came out to find some belligerent naked guy who had lost control of his bladder. Guess he managed to wet himself head to toe. His gf wanted me to help with the car problems and Mr wetty-no-pants asked to see my rifle and actually tried to reach for it. Wish my dashcam picked up the whole ordeal. I left them on the trail, ran into a park attendant and gave him the info. Very sad. They had a two or three year old kid in the car. Region 2 at it's finest! You will see a drunk naked person in the bush before you'll you bag a critter.

I tried West Harrison on Saturday. We drove up until Mystery Creek and then around Chehalis up to the landslide. Hiked around a little. Neither tracks nor poop. No grouse either. Turned around a made our way back. Saw 3 chipmunks and a dying broken stem fern flagging in the wind that excited me. I think I will try Merritt this weekend.

go up the connector, seeing lots of grouse up there.
maybe 'cause it's cooler being higher, I don't know.

[hare_assassin]

Nice one hare_assassin! I am guessing that was a Kamloopian blue grouse? No joke about the one I saw in 2-2. I spent half an hour after the sighting looking for him or his buddies, before my hunt was interrupted by some drunken folks screaming and flailing about... came out to find some belligerent naked guy who had lost control of his bladder. Guess he managed to wet himself head to toe. His gf wanted me to help with the car problems and Mr wetty-no-pants asked to see my rifle and actually tried to reach for it. Wish my dashcam picked up the whole ordeal. I left them on the trail, ran into a park attendant and gave him the info. Very sad. They had a two or three year old kid in the car. Region 2 at it's finest! You will see a drunk naked person in the bush before you'll you bag a critter.

I tried West Harrison on Saturday. We drove up until Mystery Creek and then around Chehalis up to the landslide. Hiked around a little. Neither tracks nor poop. No grouse either. Turned around a made our way back. Saw 3 chipmunks and a dying broken stem fern flagging in the wind that excited me. I think I will try Merritt this weekend.

Yep. A nice big dusky. Her mate got away, unfortunately, but I got a couple ruffies and a spruce that day, so the eating was good Saturday night.

Region 2 sounds like a gong show. Holy crap!

[albravo2]

was in region 5-3 on the weekend. no deer sightings but a few ruffed and blue grouse. very tasty.

[Chilliwack]

Saw good numbers last week but very wary now, took 1 blue and 2 willows. Time for deer come Tuesday.

[xtrail]

Numbers are great, saw about 40 on my trip, picked up 11 nice sized ones. Good eats.

[Amphibious]

good start to the season.

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[Rackem]

Well they seem to be picking up around here...



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[heyblast]

A grouse with webbed feet. Who of thought:-D.

[Rackem]

A grouse with webbed feet. Who of thought:-D.

Ooops wrong pic.

[Rackem]

Yesterday...
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[B-rad]

Grouse numbers not to bad,,,depending on which area u choose,,,,I just got back from morning bird hunt bout hour ago,was up in the ampetheater/Eileen lake area,,,,seen 6 single ruffles harvest 3,, not bad for only couple hours,,,I'm out somewhere in the kamloops area every 2nd day lol,,,if u want to know bout a specific area just let me know,,,as well as for mulies and whitetail also,,,I don't mind sharing some decent spots to hunt in the area with fellow outdoorsman,,,,,tomorrow gonna take the air rifle out for some blues,nice easy 15-20 yard shots lol

[Rackem]

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[Chilliwack]

Ran into a covey while deer hunting in the snow today and took 4 willows.

[B-rad]

Definatly more ruffies than blues this year in my area,,,still fair mount of birds though