Post by: windywales on November 11, 2015, 06:20:46 PM
just finished cleaning a plump ruffed grouse i knocked over down in the skookumchuk region today, and, lo and behold, several 2-1/2" long, 1/32" thick white worms turned up in the carcass. they were dead--stiff and unresponsive--but definitely residing in the bird, which otherwise seemed quite healthy, though dead (thanks to the .22 barrel on my little .22/410). i haven't run into this before, though somebody commented on it in this forum a few years back. according to the internet, grouse become more vulnerable to roundworms when it's dry--what? in the great northwet? can anybody say "climate change?"
mind yer topknots!
windy
sonny whar i growed up "magnum" wuz another word for "lousy hunter"!
Post by: Timberstalker on November 11, 2015, 06:47:52 PM
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Post by: Squidward on November 12, 2015, 02:18:05 PM
Are they in the meat or the cavity, or both?:yeah:
Post by: mdbuck5x5 on November 12, 2015, 04:15:54 PM
Never noticed worms in grouse on either side of the state...pics?
:yeah: I've ran into them in snowshoes but never grouse! Crazy stuff.