THE CLOCK IS TICKING, THE GROUSE CALENDAR IS COUNTING DOWN

[Ridgeratt]

I made nothing more than an observation.  Period!!

[hunter399]

I made nothing more than an observation.  Period!!

I agree it's a good observation ,and if others didn't know it may help a few grouse,and save a few people from tickets ,isn't this one of the new rules changes for this year.

[jackelope]

Didn’t he say he was out for the weekend? IE 2 days?

[Gobble Doc]

Didn’t he say he was out for the weekend? IE 2 days?

How is this relevant?


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[Switchback]

Nice limit of 4 Ruff's

Maybe friend or somebody else shot the fourth one.
Good little grouse herd.

I was hunting with my wife – she shot the two birds on the ends. Also, the ones on the end (that she shot) were a bit larger and had yellow feet – I thought they might be dusky or blue grouse. They looked just like the ones I used to shoot back home, and I didn't think we had ruffed grouse there. All my grouse hunting before this was just incidental while archery elk hunting so I'm definitely not a grouse expert.

I do appreciate the pointing out of potential game violations, we need to keep everyone educated and in check and definitely don't want game violations posted on the site. I keep the million-page hunting regs book in the truck and always know the rules and limits before I shoot anything, and if I ever had any question in my mind about it I would not shoot.

Here's a different crop of the photo, you can see my wife's legs cause she took it. Unless you want to think I wear tight girly jeans while hunting (I have come across some strange stuff in the woods before). 

[Ridgeratt]

Nice limit of 4 Ruff's

Maybe friend or somebody else shot the fourth one.
Good little grouse herd.

I was hunting with my wife – she shot the two birds on the ends. Also, the ones on the end (that she shot) were a bit larger and had yellow feet – I thought they might be dusky or blue grouse. They looked just like the ones I used to shoot back home, and I didn't think we had ruffed grouse there. All my grouse hunting before this was just incidental while archery elk hunting so I'm definitely not a grouse expert.

I do appreciate the pointing out of potential game violations, we need to keep everyone educated and in check and definitely don't want game violations posted on the site. I keep the million-page hunting regs book in the truck and always know the rules and limits before I shoot anything, and if I ever had any question in my mind about it I would not shoot.

Here's a different crop of the photo, you can see my wife's legs cause she took it. Unless you want to think I wear tight girly jeans while hunting (I have come across some strange stuff in the woods before). 

The birds on the ends with the yellow legs are older birds. If you look at the tail feathers on the middle ones this years crop!

[Switchback]

The birds on the ends with the yellow legs are older birds. If you look at the tail feathers on the middle ones this years crop!

Well that explains why the second one hung around after I shot the first! The two babies in the middle were the ones I doubled up on, the other two we shot in different areas. Thanks for the info.

[Jonathan_S]

Lotta young dumb ones out there.  Almost feel bad shooting them.  Almost

[The Marquis]

I got a couple Ruffed this weekend.  Nice eating.

[bobcat]

Nice limit of 4 Ruff's

Maybe friend or somebody else shot the fourth one.
Good little grouse herd.

I was hunting with my wife – she shot the two birds on the ends. Also, the ones on the end (that she shot) were a bit larger and had yellow feet – I thought they might be dusky or blue grouse. They looked just like the ones I used to shoot back home, and I didn't think we had ruffed grouse there. All my grouse hunting before this was just incidental while archery elk hunting so I'm definitely not a grouse expert.

I do appreciate the pointing out of potential game violations, we need to keep everyone educated and in check and definitely don't want game violations posted on the site. I keep the million-page hunting regs book in the truck and always know the rules and limits before I shoot anything, and if I ever had any question in my mind about it I would not shoot.

Here's a different crop of the photo, you can see my wife's legs cause she took it. Unless you want to think I wear tight girly jeans while hunting (I have come across some strange stuff in the woods before). 

All four of those aren't ruffed grouse. Look at the tails.

[T-Bone]

Nice eye, bobcat...Hen blues, perhaps?

[Switchback]

All four of those aren't ruffed grouse. Look at the tails.

I should have posted this pic in the first batch, but it was on my wife's phone and I didn't think about it. It's one of the two birds that she shot, and they both looked like this. Which is why I thought they were not ruffed – but a (maybe young?) blue grouse.

[BLH69]

Definitely Blues. Looks like 2 blues and 2 Ruffs. All birds of the year.

[bobcat]

Yes, definitely blue grouse. (or whatever they call them now)

[CP]

I can never tell, so my limit is 3.  I don't even know a blue from a sooty from a dusky

Good thing grouse hunters aren't like waterfowlers or I'd take some heat right about now.