NY Catskills grouse guide recos?
 

I’m interested in any recommendations for grouse hunting guides in the Catskills. Hunted in ME in early October and way upstate outside Malone NY over Halloween weekend. Any ideas based on your experience would be most welcome and much appreciated. Thanks!

how did you do in Malone? Grouse numbers in the Catskills are way down over the past 7 or 8 years

I have done pretty poorly in the Catskills this year.

In addition to recos, I was also interested in prospects of finding grouse so very helpful.

Regarding our trip to Malone, limited on woodcock on Day 1 and flushed three grouse when we went further into habitat in the afternoon. On our second day, we were rained out with a day-long downpour which was meant to be a grouse day.

So far this year grouse and woodcock hunting in the Catskills has been very disappointing. I keep trying different locations with the same poor results.

A update, my hunting partner and I went grouse hunting today in the Catskills and had zero flushes. Sad

As a registered hunting guide I know most guides will not take local clients. This as a common practice among guides . Me also

Steve, please explain your statement "as a registered hunting(?) guide most will not take local hunters to guide."

What the heck does that mean exactly???
Why shouldn't "local" hunters expect a quality guided hunt?

Dean





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I believe I understand that, my guess would be because the local guide doesn’t want his hard worked for coverts ruined with other locals.

Dean when i worked as a mate on a charter boat we would see clients putting our numbers in their GPS all the time. These were cod trips and a week later we would see them in their own boat on that spot. After spotting that we would only go to marginal spots.