A couple Grouse

[Luminary Setters]

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A couple of North Maine Woods grouse.

[Sharon]

What kind of grouse is that?

[Luminary Setters]

Brown phase Ruffed Sharon

[Fran Seagren]

Ruffed are the best tasting of all upland birds - IMO. The hardest to hit - at least here in the Northwest woods where most of our trees don't lose their leaves. When they flush, you have a mini-second to get a shot before they are GONE! Great pics!

[DonF]

Years ago I had a Browning Double Auto with a 26" skeet barrel on it, death on grouse. Then got a Rem 870 special field when they first came out, another one deadly on grouse. Neither were any good if I had lots of time to shoot. Point and shoot great, but follow through, nope. My son has that gun now.

[Fran Seagren]

Well, today my 20g Citori Feather and me weren't fast enough. I had a chance at two grouse that looked EXACTLY like the two in in this thread! I was anticipating the flush to be straight up and into the forest, but it flushed right to left and I was not fast enough and shot behind it. But, I know where they live now . . . and the dogs and I will be back.

[mnaj_springer]

What kind of grouse is that?

Out of curiosity, what do the grouse look like where you hunt Sharon?

I ask because at least 90% of the birds I've seen in MN and ND are the brown phase...

[Grange]

What kind of grouse is that?

Out of curiosity, what do the grouse look like where you hunt Sharon?

I ask because at least 90% of the birds I've seen in MN and ND are the brown phase...

By me there are more gray phased grouse than the other two colors I see.

[Sharon]

What kind of grouse is that?

Out of curiosity, what do the grouse look like where you hunt Sharon?

I ask because at least 90% of the birds I've seen in MN and ND are the brown phase...

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LOL Sorry. I wasn't thinking much that day ; I expected more red. Not many ruffed where I live, we have to go farther north for Spruce Grouse.

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[mnaj_springer]

Grange, I suppose I see brown and gray but they are almost indistinguishable to me.

Sharon, I hope I didn't come off sarcastic or rude... That's not how I intended it. We have Sprucies here as well but I try to leave them alone. I don't like the way they taste.

[Sharon]

Grange, I suppose I see brown and gray but they are almost indistinguishable to me.

Sharon, I hope I didn't come off sarcastic or rude... That's not how I intended it. We have Sprucies here as well but I try to leave them alone. I don't like the way they taste.

Not at all. I was laughing at my stupidity. I know you; you're a gentleman.