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< 16ga. General Discussion ~ Hunting 2022-2023 |
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Sun Oct 16, 2022 6:31 am
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ColdIron: You know this spot. It is where you had the "hole in one" grouse. The one you "centered". |
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Sun Oct 16, 2022 7:41 am
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Joined: 17 Mar 2017
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Location: Endless Mountains of Pa
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fourtrax57,
Real nice birds, our Grouse season here in Pa started yesterday the 15th, my new Gardon pup Pine Creek Shadow is doing fine work, pointed 4 birds opening day, I ended up with 2 nice Grouse and missed both Woodcock in some real thick habitat. Birds are real spooky right now, she was pointing the Grouse from almost 25 yards back and the Woodcock from about 20, even with the woods dripping wet. Sorry no pictures, forget my camera will pick it up when I go down to vote. Looks like we both had a real nice start to our Grouse season!
All the best,
Pine Creek/Dave
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Mon Oct 17, 2022 3:20 pm
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Location: Central MN
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Mon Oct 17, 2022 3:20 pm
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Location: Central MN
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Fri Oct 21, 2022 10:32 pm
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Joined: 08 Feb 2009
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Location: Western WA
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No, I did not knock this plump Spruce Grouse hen from a tree limb with the lower 8mm barrel. It was fairly felled on the wing by an ounce of 7 1/2 from the upper 16 ga barrel.
I’m actually not totally sure what a spruce grouse is anymore. The game biologists now call some of them Sooty Grouse. They seem to come in two sizes: large and small. The small ones which I call sooty grouse are lighter colored. The big darker ones like this I still call spruce grouse.
Maybe someone here can edify us on the subject.
V/R
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Sat Oct 22, 2022 8:37 am
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Location: Endless Mountains of Pa
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Brewster11,
Nice shooting on the wing, congrats on some fine Grouse gunning with a nice old gun!
all the best,
Pine Creek/Dave
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Sat Oct 22, 2022 9:24 am
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Joined: 09 Aug 2007
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Location: WI
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Sooty grouse and dusky grouse were thought to be the same species for many years, known as Blue grouse. Sooty grouse are primarily located along the west coast, and Dusky grouse are a Rocky Mountain species. Spruce grouse are a more northern species and most of their range is in Canada.
Some range overlap of all three species does occur in areas of the PNW and northern Rockies.
Here’s a photo of a Dusky grouse hen I took a few years ago in central Colorado:
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Sat Oct 22, 2022 10:34 am
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Joined: 08 Feb 2009
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Location: Western WA
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NJ GSP,
Yes, that, along with the Spruce and Ruffed Grouse, appears to be what we see out here in good numbers. Thanks for the photo.
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Mon Oct 24, 2022 2:04 pm
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Joined: 19 Oct 2015
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Location: seattle, wa
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Brewster11 wrote: |
No, I did not knock this plump Spruce Grouse hen from a tree limb with the lower 8mm barrel. It was fairly felled on the wing by an ounce of 7 1/2 from the upper 16 ga barrel.
I’m actually not totally sure what a spruce grouse is anymore. The game biologists now call some of them Sooty Grouse. They seem to come in two sizes: large and small. The small ones which I call sooty grouse are lighter colored. The big darker ones like this I still call spruce grouse.
Maybe someone here can edify us on the subject.
V/R
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Brewster, west or east of the Cascades? I only hunt on the east side (even tho I live on the west) and I was just chatting with a friend how the WDFW added the new grouse category. |
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Mon Oct 24, 2022 2:58 pm
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Location: WI
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Here's another photo of a Dusky grouse in the high country of Colorado:
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Mon Oct 24, 2022 3:03 pm
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Location: Endless Mountains of Pa
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nj gap,
Real nice picture of a Dusty Blue Grouse, serious stuff!
all the best,
Pine Creek/Dave
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Tue Oct 25, 2022 2:04 pm
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Location: mpls mn
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Steve
What happened to you image? |
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Tue Oct 25, 2022 3:26 pm
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Joined: 16 Jul 2015
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Location: Hudson,Wy
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Dusky? Sooty? I still call them blue grouse.
Spruce a different bird, small with an orange tail band and red eye combs. |
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Tue Oct 25, 2022 3:53 pm
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Joined: 09 Aug 2007
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Location: WI
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WyoChukar wrote: |
Dusky? Sooty? I still call them blue grouse.
Spruce a different bird, small with an orange tail band and red eye combs.
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You can absolutely call them Blue grouse, because now it is considered a generic term that includes both species.
They are very stupid birds, and when I lived out west would always carry a blunt tipped arrow or two in my quiver when out bowhunting because when you found them, it meant chicken for dinner. |
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Tue Oct 25, 2022 5:03 pm
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Joined: 09 Mar 2016
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Location: Mn.
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Steve can't see your picture? But know exactly where you mean.
Rob heard you were headed up for MEA weekend hope you were successful! I bag out Wednesday before MEA starts.
Seen my first spruce grouse with fourtrax57. It flew and acted just like a ruff as most of them do that I encounter. I now hunt just a little further North and see even more of them. Couple of times have shot Ruff Spruce hybrids. The meat is still dark and taste like a spruce grouse. I try not to shoot Spruce if I can help it.
2 year old Toller pup got his first taste of a Spruce grouse this year. Got a 3 sec. clip of him bringing it back
https://flic.kr/p/2nTws1V
Every once in awhile will get a "dumb" spruce that doesn't want to move out of the road. But not often
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