Out with grouse, in with pheasants

[Cold Spring]

Our PA grouse season ended yesterday and tho it started out well for me, the last few weeks have been very tough. What birds? Besides plenty of exercise I ended with four grouse taken up in the mountains in old haunts and some new search covers and one bagged nearby my home while out for woodcock. Total of 5 which sounds pretty low but from what I hear from dedicated PA grouse hunting friends that's pretty good for this year.

Finished for grouse yesterday morning and then swung to pheasants. I've been hunting this year with a variety of guns to include Fox, Parker, Lefever and Remington SxS's in 12-16-20. Yesterday was 20 bore day and here's a quick pic with two nice ringnecks and a Parker VH along with my straight grip Fox. Our daily limit is two birds; they were taken with Super-X 6's.

Adeste fideles. Merry Christmas everyone!

[mobirdhunter]

Pheasants just seem like Christmas birds to me, no matter when we find them. Good luck with the remainder of your season. Carrying a beautiful piece of history like either of those beauties makes a hunt special, birds or not.