Grouse Season 2011:

[Ellensburg]

Lets start gettin pictures/stories.

I went out with my girlfriend today and managed to get 2 nice blue grouse. Let my dog try to retrieve them. He caught an injured one and retrieved one. He is definitely improving.

Saw about 10 grouse in total. 

[Heartsblood]

Lets start gettin pictures/stories.

You start then.... 

Congrats on a nice opener.

[Ellensburg]

Lets start gettin pictures/stories.

You start then.... 

Congrats on a nice opener.

Grouse camp starts tomorrow. Should have pictures of mounds and mounds of grouse.

[Heartsblood]

Lets start gettin pictures/stories.

I went out with my girlfriend today and managed to get 2 nice blue grouse. Let my dog try to retrieve them. He caught an injured one and retrieved one. He is definitely improving.

Saw about 10 grouse in total. 

Where should I meet ya? 

Seriously tho' good luck. Hopefully I'll be able to contribute to this thread and/or a coupla others here sooner than later...

[BOWHUNTER45]

I sure wish someone would show me something dead !!! 

[halflife65]

You have a grouse camp?  Huh.

Well, anyway, good luck!

[Heartsblood]

Most big game hunters really have "grouse camp" as that's usually what most people see and or actually shoot at. It just sounds more bad-ass to call it deer camp, elk camp, or bear camp. 

[ghosthunter]

We call it Ghost Camp

Just like ghost hunting.

[Swatson]

Went up and set up camp yesterday and found this beast while on a little hike! 

[C-Money]

Sorry, I did not take a picture......We rode in on ATV trails and had a great day. about 12 miles in, in a more open area I saw two doves fly by and lite in a pine tree. So I stop, told my buddy "I am gonna try for one of those." So I grab my H&R composite stalk 12ga & walk towards the tree, got to about 20 yards or so and the doves flush. I focased on one of them and fired. Both doves fell, Cool! Through out the day we blasted one grouse and rode 70+ miles. Oh ya.....we saw 1 spike bull, and 30+ cows being tended to by a 6x8, huge bull. We watched the bull work his cows for some time, he even came with in 100 or so yards a few times. I was kicking my self for forgetting my camera! Most cows were laying up on the side of a hill, but he seemed to be looking for a hot cow. He even let out a grumbely growel at one point. Awesome day.

[Ramble_On]

Getting out there Sunday and Monday. Hope to have some pics up here soon...

[shooternme]

I took  my dog out on his first "real" hunt today. He flushed 3 , all at different times, but I was only able to shoot one. The others flew in to some thick timber and I had no shot. So for his first time out he didn't do too bad. He flushed the first one with in 15 minutes of getting out of the truck, I thought we would get our limit. Maybe next time. 

[HuntNFish]

Went up to my favorite spot toward Mt. Rainier and saw 2, but never got a chance to get a shot off.

[MtnMuley]

I went to what I consider the best ruff draw in the state tonight and never saw a bird. Usually in the 30's. Bad bad deal here in NCW as far as grouse go.

[TangoU]

I was out kicking bushes yesterday morning.  One flushed behind me but I had no shot.  Heard another one but never saw him.  Saw a couple of nice rabbits but I'm not interested in those kind of bunnies. Will be trying out some other spots.