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Chad Hefflinger 12-07-2015 09:34 PM

Late season Michigan Grouse
 
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Warm weather in northern Michigan after deer gun season is rare, but when you get the chance the grouse hunting can be real good!
Drove up this weekend with my neighbor for one last hunt. Decided to go back to basics and take up my old re-stocked, re-blued, choke and chamber modified 16 ga Trojan. This is my first Parker, purchased about 25 years ago from an old grouse hunter who had all the mods done on this gun. I'm not sure why I ever stopped shooting this gun? I have nicer more original ones, but none I shoot as well with as this one.

Bill Murphy 12-08-2015 09:32 AM

My Wirehair, Eva, wants an introduction to your pup.

Dean Romig 12-08-2015 10:27 AM

Wow! That looks like you limited out on grouse. Vermont is 4/day, what's the limit in MI?

Shawn Wayment 12-08-2015 01:30 PM

Looks like a blessed day

Chad Hefflinger 12-08-2015 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Dean Romig (Post 182950)
Wow! That looks like you limited out on grouse. Vermont is 4/day, what's the limit in MI?

There are 6 birds in the picture, two guys, over two days. But 4 of them are mine and one of the others was shot over Milo:whistle:
The limit in Michigan is 5 per day. The chances of me getting a double pin on grouse is slim and none, but slightly better odds than me shooting a limit of 5...

This was a fantastic weekend for me, I had a really good year on woodcock and had lots of good opportunities on grouse, but just couldn't seem to consistantly close the deal on them. This weekend everything came together.

Chad Hefflinger 12-08-2015 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill Murphy (Post 182944)
My Wirehair, Eva, wants an introduction to your pup.

Milo would love to meet her. I can't say enough good things about this breed, but I'm sure you already know that.

Rich Anderson 12-09-2015 10:04 AM

A nice weekend for sure Heff. I'm still looking for a deer but hope to get out for a Grouse hunt as well. Daisy and I made a trip to the Hay Marsh for some Pheasants and I took Gunner's gun out so I kinda had both dogs with me. The season goes to Jan 1 so there is still time.

Harold Lee Pickens 12-15-2015 11:52 AM

Heff, were you in the northern lower or go up to the UP. Iwas just saying yesterday that I wish i had planned on going back up after deer season. I dont think there is any snow on the ground yet up there. My friend Mike was going back up to the Atlanta area, but got an invite to Kansas and is there instead hunting pheasants and quail--and doing quite well.

Chad Hefflinger 12-15-2015 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Harold Lee Pickens (Post 183396)
Heff, were you in the northern lower or go up to the UP. Iwas just saying yesterday that I wish i had planned on going back up after deer season. I dont think there is any snow on the ground yet up there. My friend Mike was going back up to the Atlanta area, but got an invite to Kansas and is there instead hunting pheasants and quail--and doing quite well.

We hunt in the upper / lower, my neighbor and hunting buddy Glen has a nice house on a little lake near Lewiston. It's a pretty sweet deal for me. I buy him a steak dinner and jug of Jim Beam, he drags me up there about every weekend in October / early November.
I normally don't go up with Glen after deer season because there is usually snow and cold by then, but this year it was beautiful. We did not move as many birds as earlier in the year, but the opportunities were better.

Harold Lee Pickens 12-15-2015 04:11 PM

I always wanted to try hunting later in the season, just to see if the birds were in the same types of cover this time of year. Next year, i will be a week later than normal hitting the Up. I wont be there until the last week of Oct, and stay thru the end of the first week in November. I work in Martins Ferry, Oh, just across the Ohio River from Wheeling, WV. Sadly, our covers hold few birds now.

John Dallas 12-16-2015 01:19 PM

Small world. I have a friend named Glen who has a cabin on a small lake near Lewiston (Lovells actually). Crazy grouse hunter. Probably hunts 50 days a year. Has a great, hard-running setter named Lucy.

Chad Hefflinger 12-16-2015 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by John Dallas (Post 183486)
Small world. I have a friend named Glen who has a cabin on a small lake near Lewiston (Lovells actually). Crazy grouse hunter. Probably hunts 50 days a year. Has a great, hard-running setter named Lucy.

That's funny, Glen has a small hard running setter named Bess. When I say hard running I mean I think she gets going fast enough to levitate. I have knick named her "Krazy Bunny" she is still young and learning , but I think she's going to be a good one.

As far as the birds go, we found them in the usual spots. I don't know if it was because they hadn't been pressured for 3 weeks or because all the foliage was down, or ???,but I just seemed to get better opportunities. Or maybe the grouse gods took a look at this years ledger and said " wow, we probably owe him a couple"

Rich Anderson 12-17-2015 09:20 AM

Is that lake any chance KP Lake just south of Lovells? We had a cabin on that lake that my Grandfather built just after WWII. A tragic accident resulted in my parents selling it but I still do some Grouse hunting around there.

John Dallas 12-17-2015 10:07 AM

Nope. Shupac Lake. It's a beautiful little gem. Well stocked with all sorts of fish, loons, and a DNR Campground

Rich Anderson 12-17-2015 12:10 PM

I know that lake well. Very good fishing.


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