Ruffs up north - Page 3

Bruce Day · 10-08-2018, 11:14 PM

September: Eastern Montana for prairie grouse, then direct to

Oct : northern Minnesota for ruffed grouse

Nov: SoDak for pheasants

Dec : OK for quail

Dec : KS for pheasants and quail

Jan: SE AZ for quail

Feb : OK for quail

That’s the intention. Two bird dogs and two guns.

birddogdoc · 10-09-2018, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Harold Lee Pickens

Bruce, sticking to the trails is a good plan, grouse are birds of the edges, and you can cover a lot of territory on the trails, and have great flush rates.
I know its been pretty darn wet, but at least the temps haven't been too bad.
Where all have you been so far this fall--in generalities, and what birds? Why? I want to do this myself--I kind of figure that the year 2020 would be an appropriate year for an eye doc to retire and plan a big road trip--thinking about starting in Idaho and moving east and ending up in the UP.
Shawn, have you met up with your brother in Idaho yet? Just finished his grouse book and really enjoyed it--looks like I'll have to pick up his other books now.

Harold...

I'm leaving on the 19th to Idaho for a week. Can hardly stand the wait!

Harold Pickens · 10-09-2018, 11:30 AM

Bruce, what a great schedule. Any young dog will be a seasoned veteran after that'
Shawn, I am leaving that same day for the UP, and will be in NW Kansas from Nov 24- Dec1.

birddogdoc · 10-09-2018, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Harold Lee Pickens

Bruce, what a great schedule. Any young dog will be a seasoned veteran after that'
Shawn, I am leaving that same day for the UP, and will be in NW Kansas from Nov 24- Dec1.

My friend that lives in NW Kansas is saying it's gonna be good.

Hixie · 10-09-2018, 05:00 PM

Did someone say wet? Grayson and I hunted in Newcomb, Essex County NY in the rain this past Sunday. We logged about 7 miles walking a logging road that looped around a pond. The birds were not along the road edges so we went in after them. We both got soaked to the skin, only found three grouse and had a shot at one which I missed. Good day anyway with Grayson showing some good indications that he is getting the idea.

The day before we put in a solid 6 miles through some really good-looking covers in Blenheim, Schoharie County NY expecting to find grouse and woodcock, but the only thing we found were ticks...lots of ticks. Very disappointing. We'll be back at it this coming weekend.

Mr. Day your travels and experiences are enviable, thanks for sharing them with us. Good luck and safe travels the rest of your season!

Bruce Day · 10-09-2018, 05:39 PM

Pete and grouse.

With the wet the birds have been up in the firs and balsams , hard for the dogs to scent. This one was on the ground.

Bruce Day · 10-10-2018, 10:00 AM

A beautiful day here in the Minnesota north . Two to five inches of snow is forecast and granular snow is now coming on a north wind.

We will go chasing grouse a little later.

So for you southerners just lah de dahing about and basking in the sun, here is a photo for you.

Then waiting out the snow with a big breakfast of blueberry pancakes in Blackduck MN

Southpaw · 10-10-2018, 10:28 AM

Dang.What an extreme weather day. Snowing in Northern 48 and a major hurricane in SE coming ashore this afternoon.

Big D · 10-10-2018, 12:38 PM

Used to buy wild rice from the Landreth Wild Rice Company in Black Duck. Now, long gone

mobirdhunter · 10-10-2018, 02:42 PM

Could not find my picture of the big Black Duck in Black Duck, but there's some similarly interesting town statures up there in the North Country.