Post by: Dave Workman on June 22, 2009, 06:57:56 PM
I lean toward blue grouse in the high lonesome and look for them back in the timber where most people never seem to go for the single reason that some of these birds have never seen a human, or are rather complacent because no human ever did anything but freak when the bird blew cover in a flurry.
I have found loads of grouse in high places, like the top of Teanaway Ridge or up around Walupt Lake, Pinto Rock, Takhlakh Lake, along Sawtooth Ridge between Lake Chelan and the Methow River valley, up around Black Pine Lake out of Winthrop; all kinds of places.
But others really dig those ruffed grouse and I've killed a fair number of them with my Beretta S/S double in 12-gauge and an old H&R 16-gauge single shot back when I was a kid.
So....which do you prefer and why?
Post by: walt on June 22, 2009, 07:11:33 PM
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Post by: ecnclan on June 22, 2009, 07:40:05 PM
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I like blues because they are bigger and I like the high country but I typically shoot more ruffies because they live closer to meSame for me but either will do. Grouse is about my favorite table fare! ;)
Post by: ICEMAN on June 23, 2009, 06:06:28 AM
Besides, I can get into large groups of blues and get several at a time, whereas the ruffed do not seem to group up as much IMHO. (at least where I hunt them...)
Post by: ing on June 23, 2009, 06:20:50 AM
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Post by: mossback91 on June 23, 2009, 11:29:16 AM
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Post by: mossback91 on June 23, 2009, 11:45:05 AM
Um, I like spruce grouse... :P The country is in-between that of the blue and ruffed grouse.
:chuckle:
Well actually I love hunting sharptail grouse. Such easy targets always roostin in those trees and the game department always puts up those signs showing you where there might be some sharptails at :P
Post by: alanger on June 23, 2009, 12:36:47 PM
Post by: Dave Workman on June 23, 2009, 07:08:29 PM
How many pounds?
How tall?
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Post by: ing on June 23, 2009, 11:01:35 PM
Just for laughs, how large do you think an adult blue grouse can get?I've seen one that would rival a sage grouse once. Biggest grouse I've ever seen. The breast was bigger than a northern greenhead's.
How many pounds?
How tall?
Post by: ing on June 23, 2009, 11:07:35 PM
I did make the mistake of trying to take one out with my 300 win mag. I aimed for the ground about 2 feet in front of it with hopes of only a couple rocks killing it. The breast was so full of gravel I couldn't chew without hurting my teeth. :bash:Been there before. I've shot two with my 30 06. There was nothing left to eat, what a waste. I only shoot at them with a shotgun or a 22 now.
Post by: Bigshooter on June 24, 2009, 03:00:54 AM
I did make the mistake of trying to take one out with my 300 win mag. I aimed for the ground about 2 feet in front of it with hopes of only a couple rocks killing it. The breast was so full of gravel I couldn't chew without hurting my teeth. :bash:Been there before. I've shot two with my 30 06. There was nothing left to eat, what a waste. I only shoot at them with a shotgun or a 22 now.
How bout shooting them in the head? I have shot the heads or necks off of a lot of grouse with my .270 and 45-70. Me and my dad always keep track of how many grouse we kill every year. One year for some reason I wrote down how many I shot with a shotgun and how many with my rifles. Out of 32 grouse that year I shot the heads off of 18 of them with a rifle. That is also the only year that I have ever killed more grouse than my dad.
Post by: ICEMAN on June 24, 2009, 05:36:37 AM
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Post by: ing on June 24, 2009, 06:13:31 AM
Thats what I was trying to do. Just kept hitting them in the body so I quit trying.I did make the mistake of trying to take one out with my 300 win mag. I aimed for the ground about 2 feet in front of it with hopes of only a couple rocks killing it. The breast was so full of gravel I couldn't chew without hurting my teeth. :bash:Been there before. I've shot two with my 30 06. There was nothing left to eat, what a waste. I only shoot at them with a shotgun or a 22 now.
How bout shooting them in the head? I have shot the heads or necks off of a lot of grouse with my .270 and 45-70. Me and my dad always keep track of how many grouse we kill every year. One year for some reason I wrote down how many I shot with a shotgun and how many with my rifles. Out of 32 grouse that year I shot the heads off of 18 of them with a rifle. That is also the only year that I have ever killed more grouse than my dad.
Post by: Dave Workman on June 24, 2009, 07:31:57 PM
That looks awful.
Post by: ICEMAN on June 24, 2009, 07:47:34 PM
Post by: rasbo on June 24, 2009, 07:54:26 PM
Cant make everyone happy I guess. :dunno:is it curry sauce
Post by: ICEMAN on June 24, 2009, 08:07:02 PM
Post by: rasbo on June 24, 2009, 08:10:40 PM
A rice dish, not quite done yet, so a little wet still. We like it.If ya like curry and mushroom soup Ive got a decent recipe
Post by: alecvg on June 24, 2009, 11:28:40 PM
Post by: Dave Workman on June 25, 2009, 06:51:46 AM
My brother shot the head off one at 5 yds. with a 7mm STW... no head left. Tasted yummy though! Oh, an I like blues the best, just because I like the high country more. But I will shoot either.
Geez, ya think he used enough gun, there, alec?
:rolleyes:
:chuckle:
Post by: teal101 on June 25, 2009, 08:48:07 AM
A rice dish, not quite done yet, so a little wet still. We like it.
Its like chicken and rice...with grouse and more seasoning :chuckle:
Post by: Dave Workman on July 06, 2009, 06:09:42 PM
If I could figure out how to post a photo on this _)(&&(R$$#%$#(&*(*& forum, I'd post a photo from flickr I shot last year on the Maverick Saddle north of Sugarloaf lookout out of Leavenworth.
Post by: cully on July 08, 2009, 01:23:44 PM
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on July 08, 2009, 02:02:49 PM
Post by: alanger on July 08, 2009, 02:19:24 PM
Post by: CTA on July 11, 2009, 06:45:03 PM
Post by: alecvg on July 11, 2009, 10:16:53 PM
My brother shot the head off one at 5 yds. with a 7mm STW... no head left. Tasted yummy though! Oh, an I like blues the best, just because I like the high country more. But I will shoot either.
Geez, ya think he used enough gun, there, alec?
:rolleyes:
:chuckle:
Ya, I think we did! :chuckle:
Post by: alecvg on July 11, 2009, 10:18:39 PM
Just for laughs, how large do you think an adult blue grouse can get?
How many pounds?
How tall?
I have seen a blue grouse way in the middle of no-where, that was the size of a smaller turkey! :yike: I am not kidding at all, :o
Post by: Dave Workman on July 12, 2009, 06:25:49 AM
I have seen a blue grouse way in the middle of no-where, that was the size of a smaller turkey! :yike: I am not kidding at all, :o
I believe you. I have seen really large blue grouse over the years; big enough that one bird's split breast could provide the main course for two people. That's a lot of grouse!
I am anxious this year to try Grouse parmigiana. That ought to be delicious!
Of course, first I have to shoot one of the buggers... :rolleyes:
Post by: ICEMAN on July 12, 2009, 06:39:52 AM
I am anxious this year to try Grouse parmigiana. That ought to be delicious!
Of course, first I have to shoot one of the buggers... :rolleyes:
Hey, I thought you were a grouse purist? Parmigiana? What gives?! :chuckle:
Post by: billythekidrock on July 12, 2009, 06:48:29 AM
Second fav is sauteed in a bit of butter then poured over some noodles with cream of mushroom..
Post by: Gutpile on July 13, 2009, 06:46:52 PM
Post by: Dave Workman on July 14, 2009, 01:26:26 PM
Hey, I thought you were a grouse purist? Parmigiana? What gives?! :chuckle:
I am a grouse killer and eater. Nothing pure about me, at my age! :chuckle:
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Post by: dawei on August 11, 2009, 05:20:35 PM
Here in the Evergreen State we are blessed with ruffed (forest) grouse and blue grouse (hooters), and some guys like to hunt the lowlands while others go after their birds waaaaaay up in that high country.Doesn't Washington also offer Spruce Grouse hunting?
I lean toward blue grouse in the high lonesome and look for them back in the timber where most people never seem to go for the single reason that some of these birds have never seen a human, or are rather complacent because no human ever did anything but freak when the bird blew cover in a flurry.
I have found loads of grouse in high places, like the top of Teanaway Ridge or up around Walupt Lake, Pinto Rock, Takhlakh Lake, along Sawtooth Ridge between Lake Chelan and the Methow River valley, up around Black Pine Lake out of Winthrop; all kinds of places.
But others really dig those ruffed grouse and I've killed a fair number of them with my Beretta S/S double in 12-gauge and an old H&R 16-gauge single shot back when I was a kid.
So....which do you prefer and why?
Post by: TeacherMan on August 11, 2009, 05:56:25 PM
Post by: ing on August 11, 2009, 10:04:17 PM
Yeah theres a few spruce grouse running around. I came across a couple and killed one. thats the one and only time I've ever seen them.Here in the Evergreen State we are blessed with ruffed (forest) grouse and blue grouse (hooters), and some guys like to hunt the lowlands while others go after their birds waaaaaay up in that high country.Doesn't Washington also offer Spruce Grouse hunting?
I lean toward blue grouse in the high lonesome and look for them back in the timber where most people never seem to go for the single reason that some of these birds have never seen a human, or are rather complacent because no human ever did anything but freak when the bird blew cover in a flurry.
I have found loads of grouse in high places, like the top of Teanaway Ridge or up around Walupt Lake, Pinto Rock, Takhlakh Lake, along Sawtooth Ridge between Lake Chelan and the Methow River valley, up around Black Pine Lake out of Winthrop; all kinds of places.
But others really dig those ruffed grouse and I've killed a fair number of them with my Beretta S/S double in 12-gauge and an old H&R 16-gauge single shot back when I was a kid.
So....which do you prefer and why?
Post by: MtnMuley on August 12, 2009, 09:48:17 AM
Post by: ICEMAN on August 12, 2009, 07:27:05 PM
There's just something about those big high country blues on a crisp September morning that does it for me!
Amen!
Post by: rasbo on August 12, 2009, 07:31:31 PM
Post by: mossback91 on August 23, 2009, 03:23:28 PM
Post by: HoofsandWings on August 24, 2009, 09:17:03 PM
I will be going back there come 09/01/2009.
Post by: Dave Workman on August 31, 2009, 07:45:30 AM
Good luck along the PCT Tuesday.
To everyone else...shoot and scoot.
Come this Labor Day weekend, be sure and take care with your shots because there will be a lot of hikers and other recreationists out in the woods, and most of them will NOT be wearing any kind of fluorescent orange.
Post by: Big10gauge on August 31, 2009, 08:10:26 AM
Post by: HoofsandWings on August 31, 2009, 09:36:36 PM
HoofsandWings:Thanks Dave, on Sunday I will be trying out your honey hole at Snoqualmie Pass. I have been there before, but now I think I should be hunting that grove to the west of the road by the pond. I am hoping there are some pickable berries too.
Good luck along the PCT Tuesday.
To everyone else...shoot and scoot.
Come this Labor Day weekend, be sure and take care with your shots because there will be a lot of hikers and other recreationists out in the woods, and most of them will NOT be wearing any kind of fluorescent orange.
Post by: ICEMAN on September 02, 2009, 07:39:33 PM
Post by: DeKuma on September 02, 2009, 08:09:14 PM
Need some wet weather me thinks.