Grouse in Wisconsin

[Jeff Sweeter]

Thought I would share a couple pics of Grouse I was fortunate to get while hunting in Northern Wisconsin last weekend.I met up with Dean Hanson last Friday and got to hunt with him in an area where he grew up for a couple days.These are the first Grouse I've ever hunted.One check off the bucket list,and got 2 neat birds I'm going to have mounted.A red phase,which was told hard to get in season and a nice gray phase.We saw quite a few birds everyday.Hope to be able to do this again next year.Im usually staring out the windshield of my combine this time of year but harvest went quick with no glitches so it worked out.Big thanks to my guide,Dean Hanson.Had a lot of fun.

[Jeff Sweeter]

My guide is famous.Even named a road after him.I think we were lost when we found it.

[Garry L Gordon]

My guide is famous.Even named a road after him.I think we were lost when we found it.

Congratulations on your first grouse, Jeff! Tell us what you took them with.

The Hanson boys are indeed famous, even beyond the confines of the Badger State. Elaine and I spent a great afternoon chasing Minnesota grouse on this now famous road.:rotf:

[Jeff Sweeter]

Hi Gary, I carried a GH 16 gauge I picked up a couple years ago at a local gun show and a Win.21,16 gauge I found locally too.Both guns are 28" and choked a bit tight for Grouse hunting but a delight to carry.Ironically my grandparents last name was Hanson,and I live on the farm that my great grandparents settled on.Evidently not as popular as the Wisconsin or Minnesota Hansons as there are no roads around here named after them.There is however a slough on the property once called Hanson Slough.It has since been drained but stays wet most of the year so not farmed.I have my Great Grandfather's Win.Model 97,16 gauge that am told took a lot of geese from the slough back in the day.It is a early short chambered gun with full choke.It was well worn so I had it rebuilt and reblued and I refinished the wood. I take it out after a rooster now and then.

[Garry L Gordon]

Hey, Jeff, that sounds like an interesting "arsenal." I love the stories of family guns, as well as those of land passed down within a family. What treasures! None in my family, but I still like to learn about them.