Post by: Boss .300 winmag on September 29, 2023, 09:11:31 PM
Most grouse this season then I’ve seen in years.
Would have really liked to have gotten that chocolate colored bear I saw.🤯
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on September 29, 2023, 09:12:01 PM
Post by: Blacklab on September 29, 2023, 09:46:42 PM
Love it😉
Post by: MtnMuley on September 29, 2023, 10:02:29 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on September 29, 2023, 10:13:13 PM
Not sure how with our wet spring, but this has been the best grouse year I've ever seen. The worst part was waiting for the first 14 days to go by until we could start.
West side wasn’t wet.🤣
Post by: Sakko300wsm on September 30, 2023, 07:09:27 AM
Post by: Sakko300wsm on September 30, 2023, 07:10:06 AM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on September 30, 2023, 07:40:09 AM
Only have been hunting the east side - but yes there has been a great amount of birds
Any Spruce's?
Post by: Sakko300wsm on September 30, 2023, 08:06:47 AM
Only have been hunting the east side - but yes there has been a great amount of birds
Any Spruce's?
Ya a few around
Post by: Ridgeratt on October 02, 2023, 07:56:17 PM
Post by: hunter399 on October 02, 2023, 08:02:48 PM
Not even a shot fired
Congrats to all successful so far.👍
Post by: Latakia on October 02, 2023, 08:32:34 PM
Post by: Irish_hunter93 on October 02, 2023, 08:47:09 PM
1 for 2 on Sunday
6 for the year so far
Post by: Skyvalhunter on October 03, 2023, 06:04:22 AM
Post by: kodiak10 on October 03, 2023, 06:34:53 AM
Post by: Angus on October 03, 2023, 07:05:29 AM
Post by: Sakko300wsm on October 03, 2023, 03:16:24 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on October 13, 2023, 06:07:04 PM
Best part was being with my son who got tell me sea stories all day, well Navy flying stories from land.🇺🇸⚓️🤣
Oh the old man can still out shoot him, I went 4 for 4, he went 3 for 7.🤣
Post by: huntindoc on October 13, 2023, 06:42:15 PM
Post by: 22shtur on October 27, 2023, 11:32:53 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/8Gw5biO.jpg?1)
Post by: KP-Skagit on October 27, 2023, 12:15:09 PM
Pretty bird... And pretty dumb...
Post by: ghosthunter on October 27, 2023, 12:37:26 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on October 27, 2023, 07:56:31 PM
Post by: jrebel on October 27, 2023, 08:02:29 PM
Post by: BLDtraLR on December 09, 2023, 10:27:30 AM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on December 09, 2023, 10:33:12 AM
Finally on the board !!! :hello: :IBCOOL: First grouse with the new V3X . Got 2 out of 4. Mmmm... Brown sugar bacon grouse it's what's for dinner. :chuckle: :chuckle: It's been awhile since I've enjoyed one of my favorite wild game dinners. Thanks WDFW :bash: :bash:
What tip did you use?
Post by: BLDtraLR on December 09, 2023, 11:07:30 AM
Post by: raydog on December 09, 2023, 02:17:34 PM
Post by: Dave Workman on June 26, 2024, 06:29:12 PM
Let's see some more photos from last season and I'll go so far as to share the location. South Cle Elum Ridge, probably because I'm not planning to hunt there on this year's opener. The bird in this photo is one of three I conked on the 2023 season opener. Great day. Three shots, three birds, and about ten miles hiked! (I'm getting too old for this stuff!)
Post by: DeerThug on June 26, 2024, 06:51:57 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on June 26, 2024, 07:15:45 PM
So i have only taken grouse incidentally while out doing something else. As I am nearing retirement I am wanting to expand my hunting, fishing, outdoor know how portfolio. For the guys that actually go target grouse what is the nack to going out and finding enough to make it a day?
From what I have experienced on the east side high mountain areas is find water/food sources that are shady . That’s in the northern Okanogan areas.
Post by: Dave Workman on June 27, 2024, 05:00:56 PM
So i have only taken grouse incidentally while out doing something else. As I am nearing retirement I am wanting to expand my hunting, fishing, outdoor know how portfolio. For the guys that actually go target grouse what is the nack to going out and finding enough to make it a day?
Adding to what Boss said, I find the best hunting early morning and in the afternoon/evening hours along the gravel road edges way up in the mountains. Grouse will be there picking up pea gravel to help grind their daily intake in their gizzards. Mornings, look for them in small groups, and in the afternoons, you'll more likely see them solo.
I prefer blue grouse to ruffed, since they are bigger and you can spot them from a distance better. Along the old gravel roads, they like that tall grass which seems to grow well along the edges. They will creep back into the brush if they think you're moving in, and that's when you can get off the roadway, off the "right of way" as it were and shoot them. I've killed a lot of grouse that way.
Also, you may find them lingering around remote berry fields, and remember blue grouse are needle eaters. They stay up high. In the midday, I typically just relax, take a nap maybe, have a leisurely lunch, maybe breast out whatever bird(s) I may have conked in the morning, and if I feel energetic, I'll slide a couple of shells into my shotgun and beat the brush a little.
Good luck, and remember to have a camera along so you can share photos of your successful hunts!