Maine 2019

James L. Martin · 10-21-2019, 12:45 PM

3 of us went to western Maine last week with a Setter and a Brittany. We took a 16ga GH,20ga VH,20ga Trojan, Win M-21 20ga, Sauer 12ga and a 12ga Browning. We had 34 woodcock flushes but only 10 grouse flushes all week. All grouse except 1 was a mature bird . We did not get a single grouse,what very few shots we had we not good. We had a good time but the grouse were a disappointment.

Dean Romig · 10-21-2019, 01:02 PM

My experience in northern Vt has been very similar. Simply too many factors working against grouse chicks’ survival this year.
I hope there’s enough seed stock to bring it all back in the next few seasons.

.

Louis Rotelli · 10-21-2019, 04:32 PM

I was in western Maine last week and had many grouse flushes, yet few woodcock the area covers were just a little too dry.

James L. Martin · 10-21-2019, 04:52 PM

Louis we were hunting near Errol ,NH. Were you north of us .

Rick Riddell · 10-21-2019, 08:38 PM

We have had good numbers of grouse in Downeast so far, no woodcock flights yet, further inland I hear that have had a few.

Louis Rotelli · 10-22-2019, 08:13 AM

Yes east and a little north of you. Put up grouse at every spot we tried
but there was some absolutely beautiful woodcock cover that was empty of birds. the ground was just too dry for them to get their beaks into.