Grouse trip north Maine

[Andy]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

Jim, we had temps overnight in the 30s but by mid-day it was 70. Sounds like this week's temps are not much different. Tough on the dogs.

Run into any woodcock? We only flushed 3.

Mike that's exactly the weather we had. We flushed about 25 grouse and 15 woodcock, but saw very few of the grouse due to the leaf cover. It was so bone dry and crunchy I'm sure there were more grouse we moved that we didn't know of. The lowest it got over night was 36 so we didn't have the benefit of a frost to burn off in the morning to help scenting.

[Harold Pickens]

Hope this warm weather cools down. Leaving friday morn. for 2 weeks+ in the UP. Looks like a cold front is coming soon. My son will be coming up sometime in the second week for his first upland trip.

[James L. Martin]

Originally Posted by Russell E. Cleary

But I have never seen a Ruffed Grouse looking as gargantuan as the one that is pictured alongside Jim's VH. Is it an optical illusion, lens/light, or depth of field distortion? If not, what a bird to feast on!

It was a regular size bird,just the photo

[Woodcock survey]

It may have been an adult and a young of the year. That would account for the apparent size difference. I have seen that many times with grouse.