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jarbo03 wrote:Would like to hunt some ruffdd one of these days. Have had sone great days chasing sharptail and prairie chickens though.
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AKPirate wrote:The sins of Boot and Gaddy are causing the Cali drought and knowing they have no limits to their depravity... :mrgreen:
Goldfish wrote:I love grouse hunting. Best tasting bird in my book. Our grouse woods are starting to get a little thick tho so it's getting tougher to pop them.
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Eric Haynes wrote:jarbo03 wrote:Would like to hunt some ruffdd one of these days. Have had sone great days chasing sharptail and prairie chickens though.
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Thats all we have here is ruffed. They are in trees a lot though, so Taz might get a little bored.
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Goldfish wrote:Eh, dogs are good for grouse, but I feel a whole lot better about popping them things on the ground when they aren't there. Those birds are usually so dumb that they try to walk away first, which is also why they get hit hard by predators.
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Eric Haynes wrote:Goldfish wrote:Eh, dogs are good for grouse, but I feel a whole lot better about popping them things on the ground when they aren't there. Those birds are usually so dumb that they try to walk away first, which is also why they get hit hard by predators.
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Ha, they do the same thing here. You can walk right over them half the time before they take off. I have no problem popping them on the ground or out of a tree.
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NuffDaddy wrote:Eric Haynes wrote:Goldfish wrote:Eh, dogs are good for grouse, but I feel a whole lot better about popping them things on the ground when they aren't there. Those birds are usually so dumb that they try to walk away first, which is also why they get hit hard by predators.
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Ha, they do the same thing here. You can walk right over them half the time before they take off. I have no problem popping them on the ground or out of a tree.
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opposite here. If you don't have a dog they won't hold inside about 40 yards. But if the dog get there first they freeze when the dog points until you flush em.
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Eric Haynes wrote:NuffDaddy wrote:Eric Haynes wrote:Goldfish wrote:Eh, dogs are good for grouse, but I feel a whole lot better about popping them things on the ground when they aren't there. Those birds are usually so dumb that they try to walk away first, which is also why they get hit hard by predators.
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Ha, they do the same thing here. You can walk right over them half the time before they take off. I have no problem popping them on the ground or out of a tree.
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opposite here. If you don't have a dog they won't hold inside about 40 yards. But if the dog get there first they freeze when the dog points until you flush em.
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Ruffed? They are usually in dense forest where I hunt them.
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Goldfish wrote:Eric Haynes wrote:NuffDaddy wrote:Eric Haynes wrote:Goldfish wrote:Eh, dogs are good for grouse, but I feel a whole lot better about popping them things on the ground when they aren't there. Those birds are usually so dumb that they try to walk away first, which is also why they get hit hard by predators.
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Ha, they do the same thing here. You can walk right over them half the time before they take off. I have no problem popping them on the ground or out of a tree.
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opposite here. If you don't have a dog they won't hold inside about 40 yards. But if the dog get there first they freeze when the dog points until you flush em.
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Ruffed? They are usually in dense forest where I hunt them.
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A lot of guys use pointers and spaniels for them here. I'm sure they hold for a dog the same as a person, you just won't catch me shooting downward when there is a dog in the woods with me and you get about .2 second to take the shot when they jump before they're behind trees
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Eric Haynes wrote:NuffDaddy wrote:Eric Haynes wrote:Goldfish wrote:Eh, dogs are good for grouse, but I feel a whole lot better about popping them things on the ground when they aren't there. Those birds are usually so dumb that they try to walk away first, which is also why they get hit hard by predators.
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Ha, they do the same thing here. You can walk right over them half the time before they take off. I have no problem popping them on the ground or out of a tree.
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opposite here. If you don't have a dog they won't hold inside about 40 yards. But if the dog get there first they freeze when the dog points until you flush em.
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Ruffed? They are usually in dense forest where I hunt them.
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NuffDaddy wrote:Eric Haynes wrote:NuffDaddy wrote:Eric Haynes wrote:Goldfish wrote:Eh, dogs are good for grouse, but I feel a whole lot better about popping them things on the ground when they aren't there. Those birds are usually so dumb that they try to walk away first, which is also why they get hit hard by predators.
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Ha, they do the same thing here. You can walk right over them half the time before they take off. I have no problem popping them on the ground or out of a tree.
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opposite here. If you don't have a dog they won't hold inside about 40 yards. But if the dog get there first they freeze when the dog points until you flush em.
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Ruffed? They are usually in dense forest where I hunt them.
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I hunt em in pines, aspen saplings, mid growth aspen, and on oak ridges...Depends on weather, time of day, and time of the season. Without the dog they allways seem to see or hear me first and bust outside of shooting range. But whan the dog gets to em and goes on point before they flush they seem to sit with their attention on the dog to see what they are going to do next. Thats when i come in from the backside and flush.
Have you ever hunted upland in the woods with a dog?
NuffDaddy wrote:Your lucky when it comes to numbers. The best places i hunt around here with 1 dog and 2 hunters we will flush 1 bird for ever 1.5 hours of hunting. And if every other flush is at a shootable bird its alot. If you shoot 75% which is a skilled shooter IMO your lucky to bring home a bird in a 4 hour walk. But i do it for being out in nature and i usually double my trips by checking out beaver ponds for duck hunting or new spots for whitetail. And there is nothing I love more than watching my setter work the woods. IF i feel like killing birds i call up the pheasant farm and have em plant me a half dozen birds or so to shoot.
Eric Haynes wrote:NuffDaddy wrote:Your lucky when it comes to numbers. The best places i hunt around here with 1 dog and 2 hunters we will flush 1 bird for ever 1.5 hours of hunting. And if every other flush is at a shootable bird its alot. If you shoot 75% which is a skilled shooter IMO your lucky to bring home a bird in a 4 hour walk. But i do it for being out in nature and i usually double my trips by checking out beaver ponds for duck hunting or new spots for whitetail. And there is nothing I love more than watching my setter work the woods. IF i feel like killing birds i call up the pheasant farm and have em plant me a half dozen birds or so to shoot.
Wild pheasants aren't abundant here. One a day would be average. However, a lot of birds from the pheasant farm don't get shot, so they will fly over to where i hunt...but you can tell the difference between them.
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Bootlipkiller wrote: all the mallards I killed today had boners do to my epic calling.
3legged_lab wrote:We are legal to take them with rimfire, so we don't ever "target" them, just shoot em for camp meat. Anybody else allowed to shoot them with a 22 ?
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3legged_lab wrote:We are legal to take them with rimfire, so we don't ever "target" them, just shoot em for camp meat. Anybody else allowed to shoot them with a 22 ?
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NuffDaddy wrote:Nigga ran that back like he had my VCR
DC727 wrote:One day I'm going to upland hunt. I've always wanted to, and never have. The closest I've been us shooting a few quail and snipe while squirrel hunting.
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Feelin' Fowl wrote:DC727 wrote:One day I'm going to upland hunt. I've always wanted to, and never have. The closest I've been us shooting a few quail and snipe while squirrel hunting.
You might have a chance at the NCH. I'd take you, but my dog wouldn't make it worth the trip up here. I normally make one trip to a pay & take just over the WI border. That might be an option if the NCH doesn't pan out...
I want to hunt grouse. That looks like a good time!
NuffDaddy wrote:Feelin' Fowl wrote:DC727 wrote:One day I'm going to upland hunt. I've always wanted to, and never have. The closest I've been us shooting a few quail and snipe while squirrel hunting.
You might have a chance at the NCH. I'd take you, but my dog wouldn't make it worth the trip up here. I normally make one trip to a pay & take just over the WI border. That might be an option if the NCH doesn't pan out...
I want to hunt grouse. That looks like a good time!
Come on up.
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