Grouse

[diplomat019]

anybody have any luck this year? Going to hit the woods now that deer season has ended for me.

[magnumhunt]

I havent been out for specifically grouse but I cant believe how many I have kicked up. I would say i kicked up around 7 this year. And yesterday i had one come at least 8 feet away from me while deer hunting.

[diplomat019]

Wow. Get the bird shot ready next time lol. Im going to target Delaware county specifically. I know tug hill has good numbers. Almost bought some property up there a few years back.

[turkeyfeathers]

Shsssshhh. Tug Hill is a secret

[diplomat019]

Lol. I was talking about Tug hill in jersey. Right??

[Chris B]

in October we got into a couple family groups and got into them like crazy at one of my properties. Some of my other spots were hit or miss, I did flush a grouse yesterday while checking trail cams. Dying to get the bird dog back out, she's going nuts not being able to go!

[grampy]

Kicked up quite a few during deer season this year. Always puts my heart in my throat when they flush unexpectedly. Even had one put on a strut show back in October, bow hunting.

[diplomat019]

Nice! I hunted hard with my dog during pheasant season but took off for deer. Now im it hing to get back out and run the dog.

[growalot]

they will continue to get a pass here until #'s come back up...I've been dropping as many poplar as I can and started allowing the winter grains to mature . Also the tree hinging and allowing one area to stay choked in rugosa rose.

Edited December 15, 2015 by growalot

[16. ga hunter]

Have flushed 23 and taken 4 so far after this weekend the cocker will be back out. Also flushed 12 woodcock taking two and 25 pheasant taking six. Season is going well we will see how we do after whitetail break and hope the snow holds off.

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[Jaeger]

Schatz has been on 2-3 each day we take our "potty" walk.  0-1 per outing when we take the gun.  Go figure.

 

Interesting tho' is that before the deer season she'd put up singles on our walks, now were into groups of 2-3.  Mostly down low near the streams and wet areas.

 

 

[Doewhacker]

37 flushed in Maine over three days, plus two Snowshoe hare.

6 flushed while bird hunting in NY, @20 while deer hunting (7 Saturday).

Didn't do great on Woodcock this year, dogs pointed @24 but the flight was late this year and my vacation wasn't unfortunately.

[jmg343]

Kicked up quite a few during deer season this year. Always puts my heart in my throat when they flush unexpectedly. Even had one put on a strut show back in October, bow hunting.

 

Ive never stumbled upon one down here in Westchester, but when I hunted up in St. Lawrence County I kicked up a few.  Scared the ever living hell out of me.  Sounded like a helicopter coming out of nowhere.  I was surprised how close you could get to them, if you didn't see them, before they flushed.  I suppose if you were quick enough you could run up and punt one like a football.

[Doc]

Our numbers have been real low in recent years. I would really feel bad if I was to kill one.

[Pygmy]

I cut my wingshooting teeth hunting grouse. The first year I hunted I killed 14, and that was with a single shot 16 gauge. On opening day, 1965, I killed my first limit of 4 in one day.

Back in the late 70's and early 80, I hunted one season with two buddies and we got our collective limit of 12 birds several times.

I flushed perhaps one or two while turkey hunting this fall, and none while deer hunting.

I don't specifically hunt them anymore, but I do hunt rabbits quite a bit, and it's been years since I killed a grouse while rabbit hunting.