Post by: Blsum on April 18, 2009, 02:39:13 PM
Post by: tbotts on April 18, 2009, 04:38:38 PM
Post by: Bigshooter on April 18, 2009, 05:15:53 PM
I noticed it and approve!
:yeah:
Post by: Hunterman on April 18, 2009, 07:15:19 PM
Hunterman(Tony)
Post by: billythekidrock on April 18, 2009, 07:24:35 PM
I overheard a F&W head tell a comission member that it would not hurt the population.
Post by: Kain on April 18, 2009, 09:00:23 PM
Post by: shoot-em-dead on April 18, 2009, 09:13:07 PM
Cant wait till I can shoot some. One almost gave me a heart attack today. I was in some really heavy brush. I couldnt see more than 20 yards throught the branches. A male started doing that wing thumping thing they do. Scared the crap out of me. Sounded like something was running at me. :yike: I did discover that I can draw that 6.5" barrel pretty fast before I figured out what it was.
You pulled a pistol over a grouse? :yike: Relax, you have a better chance of being in a plane crash than getting mauled by a black bear with cubs. :chuckle:
Post by: Kain on April 18, 2009, 09:19:53 PM
You pulled a pistol over a grouse? :yike: Relax, you have a better chance of being in a plane crash than getting mauled by a black bear with cubs. :chuckle:
Laugh it up. :chuckle: Im sure you never got jumped by a ferocious man eating grouse before either. Little *censored*s alway wait till you almost step on them. Turn yourself inside out when they take off. Im getting kind of use to them jumping up out of nowhere but not use to that wing thumping, at least not so close.
Post by: bobcat on April 18, 2009, 09:25:43 PM
Post by: shoot-em-dead on April 18, 2009, 09:31:47 PM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on April 18, 2009, 09:38:00 PM
Post by: Kain on April 18, 2009, 09:41:45 PM
Just think Kain, this fall we will all be jelouse of your fast draw. I always look in the direction I hear the sound to see what made the noise, 50% of the time I just watch them fly away without getting a shot off. :bash:I rarely get a shot in the stuff I hunt. Its thick, especially in the fall. Might get one of the Taurus pistol that shoots 410 shells, that might be fast enough.
Thanks bobcat, I knew it was called something was just drawing a blank. Im not normally out in the woods this time of year and dont hear them do it.
Post by: Mookie on April 18, 2009, 11:33:20 PM
Cant wait till I can shoot some. One almost gave me a heart attack today. I was in some really heavy brush. I couldnt see more than 20 yards throught the branches. A male started doing that wing thumping thing they do. Scared the crap out of me. Sounded like something was running at me. :yike: I did discover that I can draw that 6.5" barrel pretty fast before I figured out what it was.We used to have pheasants in our field. Tall brush looking for the baseball. Those things would not flush till you were almost stepping on them, I did step on a few.
I am glad they bumped the limit. Not a whole lot of people who go small game hunting anymore. It was a waste of a day to go after only three.
Post by: pinetree on April 19, 2009, 05:47:44 AM
Post by: blindpig on April 19, 2009, 07:30:25 AM
Post by: funkster on April 19, 2009, 08:28:58 AM
I noticed it and approve!
:yeah:
Sounds good to me. The last few weekend trips into the woods I saw about 17 grouse. It seems like they had a good winter.
Post by: Drop-tine on April 19, 2009, 10:46:33 AM
Post by: rasbo on April 19, 2009, 11:54:25 AM
my Buddie snapped this shot out shed hunting.thats a great pic :hello:
Post by: merlo105 on April 21, 2009, 07:30:24 PM
Post by: Alan K on April 21, 2009, 11:12:36 PM
Post by: carvermoe on April 22, 2009, 05:07:29 PM
Post by: rasbo on April 22, 2009, 05:16:35 PM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on April 22, 2009, 05:17:55 PM
Post by: billythekidrock on April 22, 2009, 05:26:26 PM
Only one commission member questioned the reasoning.
Post by: billythekidrock on April 22, 2009, 05:28:02 PM
well limit of 4 and hope they went to 12 in possession instead of 9.
Yes, they did. I am actually surprised that they though about it. :chuckle:
Post by: Tom Reichner on May 04, 2009, 05:40:04 PM
Cant wait till I can shoot some. One almost gave me a heart attack today. I was in some really heavy brush. I couldnt see more than 20 yards throught the branches. A male started doing that wing thumping thing they do. Scared the crap out of me. Sounded like something was running at me. :yike: I did discover that I can draw that 6.5" barrel pretty fast before I figured out what it was.How lucky you are, Kain - you found a grouse's drumming site! I've spent quite a few hour afield lately trying to locate drumming logs or rocks. Found a few, and got some nice pics, but I'd love to find some more sites before they stop drumming for the year. A site has to be just right for me to get the quality of photos that I'm looking for, so the more drumming logs I find, the better the chances are that one will be set up just right for good photo possibilities. Perhaps you found a perfect site!
Post by: yelp on May 11, 2009, 07:15:22 AM
Post by: TeacherMan on May 11, 2009, 07:32:12 AM
Post by: NW-GSP on May 11, 2009, 04:31:07 PM
Post by: teal101 on May 15, 2009, 10:09:54 AM
Post by: hunterofelk on May 24, 2009, 04:09:12 PM
Post by: team goosebusters on May 24, 2009, 04:34:34 PM
Here, in Washington, the grouse are mostly educated to fly early and out of shotgun range and there is more brush to get in the way. I can see why most people here shoot them on the ground. Just isn't fun for me.and thats the reason i hunt them with a bolt action 22.
Post by: Houndhunter on May 24, 2009, 04:35:26 PM
I like to hunt blues, but have not found a good area in Washington yet. I grew up hunting them in Montana in a more open forest and sage mix. I could wait for and try the shots on the wing. Here, in Washington, the grouse are mostly educated to fly early and out of shotgun range and there is more brush to get in the way. I can see why most people here shoot them on the ground. Just isn't fun for me.
hit certin wilderness areas and you'll run into a hundred or so a day, but you gotta hike :dunno:
Post by: Houndhunter on May 24, 2009, 04:35:51 PM
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Post by: Pat/Rick on May 24, 2009, 10:26:21 PM
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Post by: Pat/Rick on May 30, 2009, 07:11:49 PM
Post by: ing on June 09, 2009, 06:49:30 AM
Post by: ing on June 09, 2009, 06:57:09 AM
is there a such thing as an educated grouse :chuckle:You bet there is. I've had grouse flush at more than 100 yards. Whenever I hunt them later in the year they are pretty spooky.
Post by: Pathfinder101 on June 09, 2009, 07:36:58 AM
is there a such thing as an educated grouse :chuckle:You bet there is. I've had grouse flush at more than 100 yards. Whenever I hunt them later in the year they are pretty spooky.
:yeah:
Agreed. When I was a kid up here in the NE we used to shoot a limit almost every time we went for firewood after the 1st of September. Down here in the blues you have to actively hunt them. You see them on the roads here, but by the time you get out of the pickup and loaded, they're gone. I think it has to do with the amount of predators in a given area. We used to control predators better when I was a kid (70's and 80's- when you could still hunt bear and cougar with bait and dogs). I think the more predators there are, the spookier they get.
During elk season I always carry a grouse arrow. I see a few birds, but usually get only one or two shots a year. They just don't stick around.
Post by: Tom Reichner on June 09, 2009, 05:38:44 PM
We hunted up high in the Pasayten for 3 days last September, and we only came across 3 Blue Grouse. One grouse per day. That's one grouse per every 8 or 10 miles covered. A hundred a day would have been an unbelievable windfall! I'll be very happy to "settle" for a half dozen flushes a day, once the season gets underway. I just won't be going back to the Pasayten to hunt them.
hit certin wilderness areas and you'll run into a hundred or so a day, but you gotta hike :dunno:
Post by: Dave Workman on June 14, 2009, 05:36:22 AM
Haven't been seeing to many in So.Central WA the past couple of years.But I like the idea of four a day.
Grouse are cyclic, just like rabbits.
Post by: ICEMAN on June 14, 2009, 08:22:11 AM
How have the eastern hatches fared this spring? They get wet or not?
Post by: hogsniper on June 14, 2009, 08:33:45 AM
Post by: billythekidrock on June 14, 2009, 10:15:55 AM
Post by: rasbo on June 14, 2009, 10:37:03 AM
Post by: Dave Workman on June 15, 2009, 01:20:37 PM
But I love grouse hunting. Blues get me up high and I find them in places where other people don't even look.
Post by: Blacklab on July 13, 2009, 11:50:36 AM
How many people actually noticed that the wdfw increased the bag limit on grouse from 3 to 4 birds?
Just noticed ;)
Haven't seen very many the last couple years.
Post by: BigGoonTuna on July 13, 2009, 04:21:18 PM
Post by: hogsniper on July 16, 2009, 08:17:50 AM
Post by: NW-GSP on July 16, 2009, 09:15:41 AM
Its gonna be a good year for them this year!!! I think its great!! Last year was good and I have been seeing family's of grouse everytime I have been out! Cant wait!!
Ive only seen one grouse so far, just driving fire roads around darrington, Im just looking for deer hunting spots
Post by: Ironhead on July 16, 2009, 08:54:49 PM
Post by: Rowdy on July 17, 2009, 10:43:13 AM
Jake
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