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Re: Who's Scouting for Grouse already?
« Reply #30 on: August 22, 2020, 04:53:23 AM »
Find some gated roads and walk them. Pick the ones that are not used that much. I prefer ones at the bottoms. Creeks ponds and swamps are all good to walk around. Have a GPS on your dog so you can find him. Usually he will be on point on the other side of a bunch of blackberries and devils club. Grouse like cover and food. The cover has to allow them to fly up out of danger so the really thick stuff is not all that hot. And in big trees the food is not all that plentiful. They like gravel so you will see them on the roads filling there crops. Grouse can be found anywhere and will make a liar out of anyone that says they know them. I would say the eastside of the mountains they are more plentiful. Good luck and have fun learning. Once your dog figures it out and you start finding them they are a great challenging game bird. Unless you just drive around shooting them of the road. Fun but no where the same as getting one off a pointed dog.

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Re: Who's Scouting for Grouse already?
« Reply #31 on: August 22, 2020, 04:03:32 PM »
FOUR DAYS AND COUNTING


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Re: Who's Scouting for Grouse already?
« Reply #32 on: August 23, 2020, 01:09:08 PM »
I’m sure last 9 days will fill like passt 9 months. Time  to start practicing calling them.

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Re: Who's Scouting for Grouse already?
« Reply #33 on: August 23, 2020, 01:23:28 PM »
Not necessarily scouting but last 3 times in the woods have sure jumped a bunch
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Re: Who's Scouting for Grouse already?
« Reply #34 on: August 28, 2020, 06:33:36 PM »
Here's a little treatise from my on-line column at AMERICAN HANDGUNNER

https://americanhandgunner.com/discover/politics-be-damned-temporarily/

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Re: Who's Scouting for Grouse already?
« Reply #35 on: September 01, 2020, 01:04:32 PM »
None this morning in the typical "honey hole". Didn't even see one!

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Re: Who's Scouting for Grouse already?
« Reply #36 on: September 01, 2020, 01:33:50 PM »
Didn’t see quite as many as usual but I was able to get these 3.



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Re: Who's Scouting for Grouse already?
« Reply #37 on: September 01, 2020, 03:06:22 PM »
Heading out for the 6:30-7:30 power hour shortly.

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Re: Who's Scouting for Grouse already?
« Reply #38 on: September 01, 2020, 04:12:53 PM »
None this morning in the typical "honey hole". Didn't even see one!

I saw people in all of mine for the first time ever. Lots of people in the woods for a Tuesday. Gunna go to some other areas tonight
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Re: Who's Scouting for Grouse already?
« Reply #39 on: September 02, 2020, 07:39:14 AM »
Great opener for us shot three over my dog. It was freaken hot though where we went.

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Re: Who's Scouting for Grouse already?
« Reply #40 on: September 02, 2020, 07:50:06 AM »
Saw 7 or 8 yesterday all together while looking for deer.

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Re: Who's Scouting for Grouse already?
« Reply #41 on: September 02, 2020, 08:53:56 AM »
Went last night seen a few rabbits and that was it. Still pretty hot and dry. 

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Re: Who's Scouting for Grouse already?
« Reply #42 on: September 02, 2020, 09:01:09 AM »
Last year's honey hole was a bust for me.  Back this afternoon for more punishment.

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Re: Who's Scouting for Grouse already?
« Reply #43 on: September 02, 2020, 06:22:46 PM »
My son and I got into a few opening morning

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Re: Who's Scouting for Grouse already?
« Reply #44 on: September 04, 2020, 11:54:35 PM »
GREAT 2 C a youth outside! Nice nice kid!  Was in eastern or western, Wa.?
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