I went out and did a little bit of Grouse hunting this afternoon. Managed to find 3 and shoot 3!

I think they’re on the decline this year though. I haven’t seen many this year.




I also found a creek I never knew about. There’s a real good deer trail right behind me in this pic. I had a trailcam in the backpack, so I hung it and will be back next week with a stand.
I’m thinking it’ll be a good rutting spot. Big bucks going down! Got that good feeling!

Those are fun, been about 30 years, when we went duck and goose hunting in Wisconsin. We would kill red and gray phase birds.

When I was a kid there were lots of Grouse or as we call them, Partridge. Now, around here they are spotty. Still decent amounts in some parts of Northern Maine.
Mac

Don't know....couple years? I do know its probably been 8+ since I got THREE in one day! Good going, JP!

A long time ago. My kids are 14 and 16 now so they do all the ruffie killing. I remember a few years back, I’d take a shotgun to work at school to kill them enroute. My boys both forgot their lunch one day and we had a daily limit of ten dead before we hit our driveway 7 miles away.

Nice bag JP I kill one now and then during elk season, maybe three years ago. Got to aim real careful with a Centerfire and just shoot their heads off or there’s nothing left to grill. We have mostly blues here, bigger bird but not nearly as tasty.

Man that’s a long time! I’m guessing there’s no grouse in Indiana?



Thanks! Some years it’s very common to shoot 6-12 in a day. We have Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharptails. The Sharpies population is going up here.

15 yrs

Lol cool! No Blue’s around here.

Man that’s a long time! I’m guessing there’s no grouse in Indiana?

We have them in Southern Indiana but I have never hunted them down there.

JP, we’ve got the same three grouse to hunt. I prefer the rufflies because they’re the easiest.

I saw one this year !!!!!.......jk

Saturday. I went up on the mountain after shooting a sage grouse and found a couple ruffies.
Sharpies open October 1st around here.

Polluted with grouse here-mostly spruce but lots of ruffed too.Used to be hundreds of sharptails too,big flocks 50-60 birds.They have been on the decline for 15 years or so.Still some around in smaller flocks of 10 to 20 if you know where to hunt.
I shoot some grouse when trapping,but leave a lot more than I shoot.After a few feeds of grouse in the fall,I generally leave them alone.

Havent seen one in 20 years...

Awesome! That’s the life!



Ruff’s taste the best! Spruce are the easiest lol.

Last fall, go every fall, best kind of hunting there is.

Season starts here in Maine this Saturday for ruffed grouse. We have a few spruce around but there is no season for them. A daily bag limit from last year - some mighty fine eating!

Way to go. I sure need to see more than you do to get a couple. My shooting is not too bad but getting the gun up and on them in the brush is my problem. Getting old does not make grouse hunting easier.

Bryce

Real men hunt them with a 410 hammer gun. Of course real men also need to stop at a burger joint on the way home too.