Grouse Guns

[Brush Buster]

Well ,Right or wrong ,this is the latest addition to the " Grouse Arsenal " and I am going to make it my Go To Grouse gun this season ,a 16 Ga. VH Grade IC and IM ! It is going to be tough leaving the OO Frame 28 at home but this has been my decision for this season ! Now if I stick to it ,which I doubt !!!!!!!!

[charlie cleveland]

good looking gun russ...now if you can just stick to your convictions....bet shes a grouse gun for sure...you will know by the end of the season if she is the perfect grouse gun.. now i aint got kno grouse gun but i got the perfect squirl gun the old 8 ga..ha charlie

[Brush Buster]

Charlie ,that little 20 would make a nice Grouser For Sure , all you would need are the Grouse !!!!!!!!

[Bruce Day]

You fellows must be talking about those little grouse.

Here is one 36" wingspan. When they take off fast from 30 to 40 yards out you need a little more than a 28ga with open chokes .

[Brush Buster]

Bruce ,exactly what type of Grouse is that ????????? Grouzzilla !!!!!!! That would be a perfect Grouse Charlie for the OLD 8 !!!!!!

[Bruce Day]

That is a one year old male sage grouse. They get bigger.

They are in small flocks, post sentries and outliers and take off fast like any grouse. They will fly for a mile or so before settling back down.

You don't want to be undergunned but because the typical sage grouse hunt day is 8 to 10 miles of walking in rolling terrain you don't want to be lugging a heavy gun either. You need to be able to make a 40 yard or more kill shot because they can absorb lead, set their wings and drift for hundreds of yards . By that time a golden eagle could be on the bird and they will not back off for a dog or you.

[Researcher]

As I remember one had to really be into wild game when the old boomer here was on the dinner table!! The two younger birds weren't too bad. Outdoor Life did an article on Sage Grouse in 1970 and stated that probably the best Sage Grouse hunting in the country was around Craig, Colorado. After reading the article I was there the next weekend.



Didn't see another bird hunter.

[charlie cleveland]

are these big grouse sometimes called praire chickens or is the chicken a differant bird...like to get a shot at one of those grouse with the old 8 ga...charlie

[OLD GEEZER]

Dave: Nice job including the late sixty's El Camino I take. I'm guessing 69 Thomas

[Researcher]

Nope. It was a 1970 El Camino. From the front --



Traded the El Camino off in San Diego in the fall of 1973 for a 1973 Alfa Romeo and within a month got orders to Elmendorf AFB in Anchorage, Alaska.

Saw quite a few of these along the Stewart - Cassiar Highway coming down from Alaska last week --