Opening Weekend

[TARNATION !!!]

Mark: My hands sound like yours. Thinsulate gloves help for me. Unfortunately, I don't realize if they have gotten too cold, so I try to be very careful once the snow is flying. But....... ain't retirement great. I seldom see another hunter when I'm chasing birds on Mondays to Fridays. I usually let them have Saturday.

Fred and Richard: I really enjoyed my GSP TAZ for 8 seasons but cancer took him at a relatively young 9 years old. Often think of that boy but having CHARLIE become a good bird dog has helped.

TAZ


CHARLIE

[Roundsworth]

Yesterday was a beautiful day for grouse. I brought 3 home, but had to dispose of 2 due to worms! Yuck! I consulted the Minnesota DNR website for info and was appalled when the article stated that it was okay to eat these birds. I don't think so, not me!

[C.O.B.]

I have never seen or heard of Grouse getting worms I suppose there no different than any other animal and as long as they wern't in the meat it would be ok to eat.

I usually just pop the legs off and filet out the breast so I don't get into the guts to check for worms so I wouldn't know if I was eating a wormy bird or not.

[Roundsworth]

These worms look like fine spaghetti and are situated between the skin and breast. I did not find any in the internal organs. The only part that gives me the willies is that there were quite a few in each bird. That fact tells me that they reproduce in the bird. It takes but a few seconds to field dress the birds, but there were so many worms that they caught my attention almost immediately.

[John D.]

Originally Posted by Mark Landskov

These worms look like fine spaghetti and are situated between the skin and breast....

Uggghhhhh.....!!!!

JD

[Roundsworth]

Jack, I have Thinsulate gloves that help to about 30 F. They are about as bulky as I can wear and still be able to safely operate my gun. Below 30 F, I have a small Jon-E handwarmer that burns for 8+ hours. Otherwise, I end up missing out on quite afew days/weeks of grouse hunting.