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Offline magnanimous_j

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Grouse Forecast
« on: March 27, 2015, 03:13:42 PM »
It might be too early to tell, but isn’t the mild winter we’ve had potentially really good news for the upcoming grouse season?

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Re: Grouse Forecast
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2015, 03:17:38 PM »
Usually.  The chicks do better when it isn't as wet and cold.  Also should have more food available early.

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Re: Grouse Forecast
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2015, 03:20:10 PM »
I've been seeing lots of um out and about  :tup:
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Re: Grouse Forecast
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2015, 03:27:17 PM »
Nice early spring conditions bode well for nesting success (cover) and chick survival (lots of bugs).  As long as we don't get prolonged cold rain during the hatch, should be a pretty good year.
As long as we have the habitat, we can argue forever about who gets to kill what and when.  No habitat = no game.

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Re: Grouse Forecast
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2015, 12:13:59 PM »
Saw a lot of them yesterday.

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Re: Grouse Forecast
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2015, 04:46:56 PM »
 Was hearing them all over the place Thursday. Breeding season in full swing. How the survival goes depends on our spring weather, but they are not quite as fragile to the wet/cold as pheasant chicks are.
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Re: Grouse Forecast
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2015, 06:40:59 PM »
I suspect the hatch is on.
Mild weather even warm weather this weekend and into next week with the right amount of moisture to provide the bugs....Fall's already looking good!


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Re: Grouse Forecast
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2015, 02:44:07 PM »
I suspect the hatch is on.
Mild weather even warm weather this weekend and into next week with the right amount of moisture to provide the bugs....Fall's already looking good!



I agree - looking good for a good hatch
As long as we have the habitat, we can argue forever about who gets to kill what and when.  No habitat = no game.

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Re: Grouse Forecast
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2015, 02:51:40 PM »
I suspect the hatch is on.
Mild weather even warm weather this weekend and into next week with the right amount of moisture to provide the bugs....Fall's already looking good!



I agree - looking good for a good hatch


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Re: Grouse Forecast
« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2015, 02:52:48 PM »
Yep.  I'm hopeful for grouse this year.  Seen quite a bit more bugs around this year than in years past.   :tup:
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Re: Grouse Forecast
« Reply #10 on: June 08, 2015, 08:35:04 AM »
NOW is the time to be stocking up on shotgun shells for the fall.
While they're a) available and b) at off-season prices.

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Re: Grouse Forecast
« Reply #11 on: June 08, 2015, 08:40:45 AM »
NOW is the time to be stocking up on shotgun shells for the fall.
While they're a) available and b) at off-season prices.

 :tup:

I've got 40-some boxes. I wonder if that will be enough?  :dunno: 

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Re: Grouse Forecast
« Reply #12 on: June 08, 2015, 08:52:07 AM »
Its not enough Only if you shoot like me Bobcat!  :chuckle:
In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he turns round and seeks for the cause of his failure in himself. 

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Re: Grouse Forecast
« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2015, 09:12:17 AM »
I figure the absolute worst case scenario, would be three shots per bird. The limit is 4, so 12 shells needed per day. Looking at the calendar, I could possibly hunt grouse 8 days in September. October is out since I'll be hunting deer and elk every weekend, and then some.

8x12 = 96

That's 4 boxes of shotgun shells. I think I'll be good with the 40+ that I have on hand.  :tup:

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Re: Grouse Forecast
« Reply #14 on: June 09, 2015, 05:54:26 PM »
Any westsiders want to do a day sometime this fall?

 


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