Wyoming Sage Grouse

[Craig Parker]

My first chicken, taken with 12g DH; also with the help of Pete and Ranger.

[Mills]

Well done!

[Reggie B]

Nice bird! How is the DH choked?

[George "Scott" Davis]

Hope to harvest Sage Grouse later this month in Montana, congratulations!!!!!

[Scott Chapman]

I am leaving Wednesday from Texas to drive to Wyoming to pick up one of my bird dogs from the trainer. We are going to spend a couple days looking for a sage grouse or two.

We are strictly DIY at this point and have found some public ground that looks promising.

Any recommendations on shot size and choke? I was planning on bringing 12 gauge Trojan 30" M/F with #4 RST and 16 gauge Trojan 26" IC/M with RST 1 oz copper #6.

[George "Scott" Davis]

I'm taking three guns:
Parker 12 gauge GH, 30 in.
Fox Sterlingworth 12 gauge, 30 in.
Fox Sterlingworth 16 Gauge 28 in.
taking RSTs in 5, 6, 7 for all three guns.

[Bruce Day]

Have a wonderful time. Sage grouse are special birds.

I’ll be north of you.

[Elk Hunter]

We enjoyed hunting Sage Grouse for a few years but in Oregon you have to draw a permit and then are allowed only two birds for the season. After a rattlesnake came into our camp and bit one of my Britt's while she was tied I decided that it wasn't worth driving four hours from home and spending $1200 in vet bills to kill two birds. Speaking of dogs, we found the Sage Grouse, where we hunted, to be very dog shy as they flushed a long range when we had the dogs out. We could get much closer if we left the dogs in the camper. Perhaps they thought they were coyotes.

[Bruce Day]

MeToo.

Another sage grouse. This one on point and hold by my 14 month old setter. I rotate the pointer and setter on the ground.