Grouse on the ground

[demontang]

I normally only hunt them when I'm bow hunting. I try to shot them on the ground because its hard to hit them flying with a bow and if you miss you just launched a 420gr arrow to god know's where. I do jump shot them with a shot gun some time though.

[buckbrush]

I will eat them on the ground, I will eat them in the air, I will eat them anywhere..

[WAPITIHUNTER]

My dad tried to shoot one in the head once with his .45-70.

Yeah that didn't work so well. The grouse ended up being three feet long after the shot.

On the ground, in the air, pellet gun, .22 or shotgun................ shoot em where you see em.

I used to shoot at them with my bow but got tired of my arrows flying off into oblivion with out gettin the bird. Although I did try to shoot one again this year and my arrow flew into chunks when it went through a patch of vine maple. Lesson relearned.

[Antlershed]

I used to shoot at them with my bow but got tired of my arrows flying off into oblivion with out gettin the bird. Although I did try to shoot one again this year and my arrow flew into chunks when it went through a patch of vine maple. Lesson relearned.

Today while out hunting my buddy asked if I was going to fling an arrow at a Grouse if we saw one. I told him only if there was a nice soft backdrop for my arrow to fly into... 

[kingsalmonkllr77]

They are always fun to shoot at a distance.  My best ever was 158 yards and I took the top half of the head only with my 22-250 and when we headed up to get the bird we got 2 more before we closed the distance.  I would shoot them out of the sky with a shotgun if they weren't just incidental during a deer hunt or other, don't usually target them.

[1bowhunter1]

I stuck 1 with a arrow, it flew away with my arrow right through the middle of him...right over my buddies head.  Lost the dam bird and I was more ticked about my arrow.

[Hermit]

It's all over but the frying.......... Yes.

[Intruder]

If its a grouse.... kill em when ya see em.  They are many times you would never get a shot on the wing where I tend to run into grouse.  God wouldn't have made roads if he didn't want ya to shoot grouse off of em 

[Huntbear]

We always keep a .410 shotgun in the rigs for grouse(Now).  Not as much collateral damage if you are an inch off like with your rifle.  I have shot a few heads off with the .308 but missed a few too.

[Rick]

  What makes a grouse different?

Nothing.

The whole sporting thing is over-rated IMO. Think about it,its not "sporting" to shoot anything other than a Grouse or Turkey while they're on the ground.

You want them to by flying right?

What about big game? Is it "sporting" to shoot a standing Deer or Elk?

If you follow the same rules about birds,you'd want to make sure the Deer or Elk was running before you shot...correct?

I'm about clean kills and ending up on my dinner plate.  If that means pounding a Goose or Mallard on the ground,so be it.

[Gobble Gobble]

If I got the scatter gun I'll let them fly before I shoot. Turkey are different as I will shoot one from the ground but not one in a tree. There is just something in me that feels wrong for shooting any other game bird on the ground. However, if I'm out bow hunting then yes, I will shoot a bird on the ground as I shoot a compound and I'm not that good of a shot to hit a bird in flight. Plus you ever see how far an arrow will fly from a compound!?! I'm not going to walk a couple hundred yards to retrieve it.

[ICEMAN]

Shoot them anywhere. I have stopped shooting them with the rifle. Bad idea. Waste not.

[C-Money]

A good clean kill is most important. I have won a lot of money and fancy belt buckles shooting trap, but I will still toast a grouse on the ground!

[heavy hauler]

shoot them anywhere.no rifles  for me either.lesson learned.

[steeleywhopper]

There is nothing more fun than taking a good dog into the grouse woods and getting some fast flyin shooting. On the other hand I love to eat them buggers and if the dog is'nt with me they die where they stand.