Grouse on the ground

[robb92]

Ground for me! Don't have much a chance to hunt them here in VA though.

[actionshooter]

Shoot them on the ground and start with the one in the back and work to the front , if the one in the front falls first the rest take off     

[DeKuma]

Just wait until they huddle together just before they flush and shoot all three at once.

[actionshooter]

Shoot them on the ground and start with the one in the back and work to the front , if the one in the front falls first the rest take off     

I few years ago my bro in law and I did this. He shot 3, handed me the ruger .22 pistol and I shot 3.     

[PolarBear]

I try to spook them up into the air before I shoot with my shotgun.  I usually only shoot them on the ground if I am using my bow.  I have shot a ton out of trees with my rifle.  One time (at band camp) I shot one out of a tree that was just a few yards off of this spur and up about 10 feet.  What I didnt realize I was shooting near the top of the tree.  The bottom (where the grouse fell) was 70 feet straight down.  I had to hike back to my rig and get a rope to practically repel down and retrieve the grouse.  It was a bitch getting back up but I wasn't going to waste a bird.  We wound up cooking it, and a couple of others for lunch. 

[shootanfish]

I shoot grouse however I can but it about  51% ground 49% air(got to be quick)
Dumb ones sit smart ones fly
If grouse are were grouse are then grouse die were grouse die

[cohoho]

Stupid chickens, ground or air it is all fun and good eats... 

[blacktail luv]

I don't know how all you guys in the other part of the state hunt them but around here we just drive around and sloush them of the roads.  Great fun for the kids,  I know your not suppose to shoot from the road but hey... or rig...

[MountainWalk]

I prefer to use rocks or a good sized stick. How much sport is it to shotgun a grouse on the ground?  Clients love it when you kill a grouse with a rock. Besides, I dont kill too many. My g-pa always told me to take it easy on grouse, as they were put on earth to keep a man from starving.

[Gutpile]

Lets see, I'm 41 and I've shot MAYBE 5 on the wing. It's just too thick where I hunt them to count on wingshots. It's a hell of a lot funner but what a better way to start the season. Tooling around watching for grouse on the old spur roads. YUMMMMM! 

[Antlershed]

I don't know how all you guys in the other part of the state hunt them but around here we just drive around and sloush them of the roads.  Great fun for the kids,  I know your not suppose to shoot from the road but hey... or rig...

I didn't know you could see grouse anywhere but on the road... 

[Gutpile]

I didn't know you could see grouse anywhere but on the road... 

You can't.  One of hunting's dirty little secrets I guess.

[rasbo]

you mean they can fly?..........22mag head shots

[Kent Hunter]

We have an old .410 single shot that we use for grouse whenever we see one while we are scouting. My son will sometimes take his scoped .22 and head shoot them with that. Most of the time (99.9%) they are on the ground or sitting in a tree when we spot them. After that they are in the old cast iron skillet getting cooked up on the coleman stove on the tailgate of the truck. Yum, Yum. Hard to beat fresh grouse for lunch or late afternoon snack! 

[GoldTip]

I grew up shootin their heads off with 22's during early season before I started bowhunting.  Always had a 22 along when cruising roads picking mushrooms with Dad, just for grouse or rabbits.  First time I went hunting with a guy that showed with with a 12gauge, I asked him what the hell the shotgun was for?  He said grouse, what the hell is that 22 for?  I said grouse.  Have killed them with rocks and sticks as well, arrows work well also, but can get expensive on a pass through.