Shooting grouse with a .22 rifle

[Shoffy]

I've always shot grouse with a shot gun but I'm thinking about bringing a scoped .22 for the birds on the gravel road that are out of shotgun range or way up in a tree.
How many of you guys use a .22 rifle??

[rtspring]

Killed a bunch of them using a 22. Might be careful about shooting them on the road!!

[Woodchuck]

Many grouse have died with a .22 rifle. 

[CP]

I can consistently kill a stationary grouse with my Ruger 10/22 out to about 60 yards, maybe a bit more.  But then again I can consistently kill grouse out to about 60 yards with a 12g, stationary or not.

[rasbo]

22 mag to said head

[Hunterman]

I have given many a grouse a splitting head ach with a .22,  and my .30-06, just to check my zero 

Hunterman(Tony)

[bobcat]

Much fun to be had with a 22 rifle and lots of grouse to shoot at

But if they're scarce I'll take a shotgun over the 22.

Problem is when you have a 22 it seems they know it, and won't hold still long enough to get a good shot off.   

[JimmyHoffa]

Yeah, it seems like when I have the .22 they like to bob their head around a lot.

[ICEMAN]

Why not take and use both?  .22 over 20 gauge savage... 

[bobcat]

Why not take and use both? 

Savage?  20 gauge or 410? My brother and I started out grouse hunting with a Savage 22/410. I just took it out again a couple years ago after not having shot it for probably 20 years and killed 3 or 4 blue grouse with it. (the 410, not 22)

[ICEMAN]

Yes, 22/20  I have wanted a 22/410 for years and had to pass on one last year, a bit too spendy for me at the time...

[high country]

You guys ever knock the heads off and have them fly straight up for a hundred yards then fall right back down? I have had it happen several times.

[Skyvalhunter]

I have a savage 222 over 20 gauge.

[wadu1]

You guys ever knock the heads off and have them fly straight up for a hundred yards then fall right back down? I have had it happen several times.

Not once for me with a center fire but id have one fly about 25 yards after getting it's head blasted with a .54 muzzy.

[ICEMAN]

I have a savage 222 over 20 gauge.

Nice!