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grouse numbers

Unread postby megwan » Sat Oct 29, 2016 4:03 pm

Anybody else finding lots of grouse this year? Got a couple limits already this year most ive seen is 26 in about a mile. Going to try smoking some in the new electric smoker.

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Unread postby headgear » Sun Oct 30, 2016 3:05 am

Ya pretty good numbers this year in MN.
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Unread postby swampyak » Sun Feb 19, 2017 2:26 pm

megwan wrote:Anybody else finding lots of grouse this year? Got a couple limits already this year most ive seen is 26 in about a mile. Going to try smoking some in the new electric smoker.

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How did your grouse smoking go. Did you have any issues with them being to dry
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Unread postby Jonny » Sun Feb 19, 2017 3:42 pm

Saw lots in Wisconsin this year. Had a couple that had the crosshairs on them, or rocks thrown at them. They just sit there and never move. Can usually get one or two a year with rocks.

I got $5 that says Dan can catch one with his hands. Any takers? :mrgreen:
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Unread postby Dewey » Sun Feb 19, 2017 4:03 pm

Jonny wrote:Saw lots in Wisconsin this year. Had a couple that had the crosshairs on them, or rocks thrown at them. They just sit there and never move. Can usually get one or two a year with rocks.


I hope your kidding! :?
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Unread postby Jonny » Sun Feb 19, 2017 4:38 pm

Dewey wrote:
Jonny wrote:Saw lots in Wisconsin this year. Had a couple that had the crosshairs on them, or rocks thrown at them. They just sit there and never move. Can usually get one or two a year with rocks.


I hope your kidding! :?


I am. I actually know a couple guys that throw rocks at them and get 1-2 per year that way. That's up in Canada though, and they are canadien so it's pretty much legal for them I think.

I just carry a 12 gauge with me when I'm out scouting new areas. Works for me.
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Unread postby mauser06 » Sun Feb 26, 2017 5:22 am

Not here in PA.


Grouse cycles are normal...But we've been at a low for too long. Our biologists just released something on finding they may have one of the bird diseases..

And I've not seen a turkey since Halloween here at home which is alarming. With as much as I'm in the woods and as many turkey as we usually have, you can't look around and not see a turkey lol.



10 years ago I had some fantastic grouse hunting for PA... Wasn't hard to limit without a dog in a short time...If you could shoot. I flushed a few this entire season. I used to flush a bunch while walking into stands etc..
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Unread postby BassBoysLLP » Sun Feb 26, 2017 10:10 am

Jonny wrote:
Dewey wrote:
Jonny wrote:Saw lots in Wisconsin this year. Had a couple that had the crosshairs on them, or rocks thrown at them. They just sit there and never move. Can usually get one or two a year with rocks.


I hope your kidding! :?


I am. I actually know a couple guys that throw rocks at them and get 1-2 per year that way. That's up in Canada though, and they are canadien so it's pretty much legal for them I think.

I just carry a 12 gauge with me when I'm out scouting new areas. Works for me.


I assume you are referring to spruce grouse. Yes, those are easily harvested. How they survive is beyond me. Ruffed grouse....good luck!
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Unread postby Jonny » Sun Feb 26, 2017 11:29 am

BassBoysLLP wrote:
Jonny wrote:
Dewey wrote:
Jonny wrote:Saw lots in Wisconsin this year. Had a couple that had the crosshairs on them, or rocks thrown at them. They just sit there and never move. Can usually get one or two a year with rocks.


I hope your kidding! :?


I am. I actually know a couple guys that throw rocks at them and get 1-2 per year that way. That's up in Canada though, and they are canadien so it's pretty much legal for them I think.

I just carry a 12 gauge with me when I'm out scouting new areas. Works for me.


I assume you are referring to spruce grouse. Yes, those are easily harvested. How they survive is beyond me. Ruffed grouse....good luck!


Yep. They are the only real evidence suggesting Darwinism and natural selection doesn't exist
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Re: grouse numbers

Unread postby BassBoysLLP » Sun Feb 26, 2017 11:59 am

Jonny wrote:
BassBoysLLP wrote:
Jonny wrote:
Dewey wrote:
Jonny wrote:Saw lots in Wisconsin this year. Had a couple that had the crosshairs on them, or rocks thrown at them. They just sit there and never move. Can usually get one or two a year with rocks.


I hope your kidding! :?


I am. I actually know a couple guys that throw rocks at them and get 1-2 per year that way. That's up in Canada though, and they are canadien so it's pretty much legal for them I think.

I just carry a 12 gauge with me when I'm out scouting new areas. Works for me.


I assume you are referring to spruce grouse. Yes, those are easily harvested. How they survive is beyond me. Ruffed grouse....good luck!


Yep. They are the only real evidence suggesting Darwinism and natural selection doesn't exist


So true. You can literally kill them by hitting them with a stick (yes people do).


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