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Offline Dave Workman

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Re: Grouse..It's G-R-O-U-S-E- Countdown has begun!
« Reply #60 on: August 29, 2019, 02:24:29 PM »
It's  nearly time to attack!

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Re: Grouse..It's G-R-O-U-S-E- Countdown has begun!
« Reply #61 on: August 29, 2019, 03:20:09 PM »
Going to be in the Methow for the first 2 days trying to get my 10 and 12 year olds on some birds, they can’t wait!

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Re: Grouse..It's G-R-O-U-S-E- Countdown has begun!
« Reply #62 on: August 30, 2019, 06:16:44 AM »
Going to be in the Methow for the first 2 days trying to get my 10 and 12 year olds on some birds, they can’t wait!

You're doing it the right way; the way a dad ought to do things.  :tup: :tup: :tup:

I hope you get a bunch of them!  Try up around Black Pine Lake. Just a thought.  ;)
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Re: Grouse..It's G-R-O-U-S-E- Countdown has begun!
« Reply #63 on: September 01, 2019, 03:21:37 AM »
It's Here.
Go Get them>
Good luck out there.

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Re: Grouse..It's G-R-O-U-S-E- Countdown has begun!
« Reply #64 on: September 01, 2019, 05:33:19 AM »
My alarm went off and my girlfriend was already awake. She’s more excited then me!
May my presence go unnoticed, may my shot be true, may the blood trail be short.

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Re: Grouse..It's G-R-O-U-S-E- Countdown has begun!
« Reply #65 on: September 01, 2019, 10:08:04 AM »
Heading out tomorrow !! I’m thinking about heading up near Snoqualmie pass near on some old defunct logging roads and walking to see what I find. Any suggestions what to look for? Trying to stay near creeks etc..
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Re: Grouse..It's G-R-O-U-S-E- Countdown has begun!
« Reply #66 on: September 01, 2019, 11:42:40 AM »
Well we woke up on time, had an incident with the dog bringing a LIVE MOUSE INTO THE HOUSE AND DROPPING IT so when we finally got in the truck it was like 9-9:30 and we had to stop to get a coffee in town because happy wife/girlfriend happy life. But we still found a nice patch of aspens(girlfriends choice to check it out) and in 10 minutes had 2 grouse down and left the other 6 as they looked pretty young. Our 2 year old dog did great on the retrieve, the other pup nearly swallowed the grouse whole. He is only 6 months old and of who knows what breeds.
May my presence go unnoticed, may my shot be true, may the blood trail be short.

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Re: Grouse..It's G-R-O-U-S-E- Countdown has begun!
« Reply #67 on: September 01, 2019, 06:13:19 PM »
Saw one, missed one. Ran into some other fellas who saw more but hadn't had much luck either. Got up there about mid-day though and only poles around a few hours
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Re: Grouse..It's G-R-O-U-S-E- Countdown has begun!
« Reply #68 on: September 01, 2019, 07:41:15 PM »
Went with a buddy today,No grouse but went up a dead end road turned around and came back down and a 7' diameter old growth fir fell across the road. No cell service but someone came up the road shortly after and went and called darrington fire dept. since the forest service guys are gone in alaska fighting fires.Those two guys cutting and us to moving it out of the way took 4-1/2 hours from when we started.Amazing how much wood there is in one of those.We only cut a slot to drive through.
Thanks again to the darringtonfire dept. We would have been sleeping out there tonight otherwise.

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Re: Grouse..It's G-R-O-U-S-E- Countdown has begun!
« Reply #69 on: September 01, 2019, 07:59:43 PM »
 Easy limits of Blues today. Ruffle bombs kept giving us the slip. They don't fly like a Blue.
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Re: Grouse..It's G-R-O-U-S-E- Countdown has begun!
« Reply #70 on: September 01, 2019, 08:15:05 PM »
Nice! Blues were the ones giving us issues, saw plenty but they wouldn’t hang around. Will be back up tomorrow, a buddy got 3 limits on the same road. The pup had a good time though.


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Re: Grouse..It's G-R-O-U-S-E- Countdown has begun!
« Reply #71 on: September 01, 2019, 10:02:38 PM »
Good job all!! Looking to get out tomorrow morning for the first time this year. Been a long long wait.
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Re: Grouse..It's G-R-O-U-S-E- Countdown has begun!
« Reply #72 on: September 01, 2019, 10:19:53 PM »
Took my 7 year old girl out tonight and chased a couple but didn’t get any in the bag.  Saw some hikers though on the way to one of our hidden in plain sight places.    I love the trail difficulty warnings I get when I’m hiking with my kids.  “It’s a pretty tough trail for little kids”.  Yeah we’re not using the trail... and she’s not even hauling meat yet.  We’ll get em next time!

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Re: Grouse..It's G-R-O-U-S-E- Countdown has begun!
« Reply #73 on: September 02, 2019, 02:45:27 PM »
Hit the mountains with my boy, saw no grouse but enjoyed the awesome September day!!

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Re: Grouse..It's G-R-O-U-S-E- Countdown has begun!
« Reply #74 on: September 02, 2019, 03:08:12 PM »
We got into a pile of them today. Saw 35+ birds & ended up with 10. About as good as it gets huntin grouse. :tup:

 


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