When I was a lad ,I tried an overhead passing shot on some Black's that decided at the last minute they did'nt like my decoy's...my first shot took off a three inch by six foot spruce branch 10 feet above my hide,the second shot never happend...the branch flattened me!:o

Shootin' trees is part and parcel of grouse hunting, especially in PA. I've hunted grouse in quite a few states and PA is generally the most difficult cover to shoot in, by far. If you are at all like me, heaven forbid, you will remember this shot long after the successful shots. It is an important part of the game, grouse hunting.

Looks like the dog did his part. Grouse hunting is all about the dog work, for grouse are the toughest birds for a dog to handle well. An occasional bird in the bag taken with a Parker following good dog work is, well, it just doesn't get any better. A good dog, a good gun, and the king of game birds.

I can show you some thick cover here in Michigans Upper Pennisula.

Larry I must agree with you on the 7mm-08. for deer it just doesn't get any better. I'm haveing one built on a Ruger #1 action. It will be ready for the woods this fall. The 257 Roberts is another favorite.

i do love it, years ago i shot a deer in PA at 335 yds and killed it dead.still had grass in its mouth like it was still eating it, also killed a moose and bear with it. love the gun modle 70 feather weight. scott

Scott I have a Weatherby Ultralight 7-08 and shot a deer at 250 yards and dropped it in its tracks. there is something majical about the 7mm bullet diameter.

I’m back up at grouse/deer/turkey camp and just took a picture of the selfless 1” silver birch sapling that took one for the team back around ‘97.


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Well, now I feel better after reading all of this...but I never thought of mounting the tree as a trophy(!)

great mounts for sure...charlie

I like the 7x57 and the 7x65R Brenecke. I never lost an animal hit with a 7mm bullet. I think the only reason for the American sevens is the dislike of metric calibers.

I much prefer my .45-90's with 300gr cast bullets to the smaller faster bullets. I put two shots through a caribou's heart at 250yds using iron sights some years back; can't see well enough to do that these days! I've never lost an animal hit with one of my .45cal cast bullets either. One shot is generally all you need and they don't ruin much meat at all, which I really appreciate. I had to throw away 50# of an 80# moose neck one year after a friend peppered it with his .25-06 from 50yds. What a mess that was.

I killed a tree like that myself Dean, shooting at a woodcock in Minnesota with Bruce and Charlie and others. I got the woodcock though!