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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: calib on September 15, 2014, 06:05:27 AM

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Post by: calib on September 15, 2014, 06:05:27 AM: Is anyone seeing grouse, been ou . A couple times and only seen 2
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Post by: grundy53 on September 15, 2014, 06:20:59 AM: I've seen a ton of them the last 2 weeks while elk hunting.

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Post by: Sportfury on September 16, 2014, 07:24:28 PM: We have been up two times and seen three and took two. Both ruffes and young of the year. No luck seeing blues.
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Post by: bobcat on September 16, 2014, 07:40:45 PM: I walked over 10 miles and drove more than 50 miles in the Blewett Pass area last weekend and didn't see one grouse.
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Post by: kentrek on September 16, 2014, 07:44:40 PM: Quote from: grundy53 on September 15, 2014, 06:20:59 AM
I've seen a ton of them the last 2 weeks while elk hunting.

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:yeah: found some un hunted country this year....almost as many grouse as in idaho
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Post by: Bmcox86 on September 16, 2014, 08:00:19 PM: Seen a a few, a lot bigger than last year
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Post by: ROCKWHEELER on September 16, 2014, 11:54:25 PM: I've got four blues while bear hunting haven't saw any ruffes.
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Post by: iusmc2002 on September 17, 2014, 01:47:54 AM: We've seen tons of them, groups of 4-6, some pairs, but mostly larger groups. Have 5 in the freezer, 4 Ruffed and 1 Spruce.
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Post by: Southpole on September 17, 2014, 08:11:04 AM: Quote from: iusmc2002 on September 17, 2014, 01:47:54 AM
We've seen tons of them, groups of 4-6, some pairs, but mostly larger groups. Have 5 in the freezer, 4 Ruffed and 1 Spruce.
Same with me. Been seeing lots grouse all summer in groups, eastside and west side. Last week on the northeast side I shot 3 ruffed and 1 blue. All of them were in family groups and were in excellent shape. Oh, and they tasted really good too.
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Post by: gr8whthunter on September 17, 2014, 08:18:42 AM: i went out over my weekend (mon-tues) on a camping/hunt trip and the first day saw 8, killed two of them for that nights dinner :drool: and let the rest fly away as i saw them, and the next day saw another 4 all in the same area. so they are out there around my neck of the woods