Drommer log

Michel · Post by **Michel** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 4:14 pm

This morning I took this pick

Post by **Ayres** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:44 pm

Looks like there's a ruffie in your area.

omega58 · Post by **omega58** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:23 am

nice pic, I found one looking the same after a grouse took off last weekend. . .the wife had the camera with her for photos of the son at an Easter egg hunt. I learned not to mess with asking to take the camera when things like that are going on.

GRIFF MAN · Post by **GRIFF MAN** » Mon May 08, 2006 12:12 pm

Darn....all I see is the little red x.... i'll try back later.

Griff

gundogguru · Post by **gundogguru** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 12:08 pm

Same red X here.

Vizsla Vince · Post by **Vizsla Vince** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:52 am

***NEWBIE ALERT***

I saw the picture before the forum changed, but what was I looking at?
Is this what grouse do to logs?

Wagonmaster · Post by **Wagonmaster** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:37 am

Male grouse sit on these logs in the spring and beat their wings in a cadence that increases in frequency. The wings cupped against the breast create a thump sound. The women grouse think it is cool, they come running, and the man grouse does a little dance for them, and then, well you know the rest.

Vizsla Vince · Post by **Vizsla Vince** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 5:49 pm

If memory serves me correctly (I wish the picture would show up) the log looked like somebody had hacked at it with a hatchet or machete.
Can grouse really do that with their wings?

Wagonmaster · Post by **Wagonmaster** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:58 am

no, if there were hatchet marks someone else put them there. the drummer logs are usually big, round, mossy, old, and they may have grouse scat on them.

if you truly are new to grouse drumming, it is very interesting. the tonal frequency of the drum is quite low, and you can feel it as much as hear it.

when the female arrives, the male, spreads the ruffs at his neck and spreads his tail, and struts around.

Casper · Post by **Casper** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:58 am

Wagonmaster wrote:and they may have grouse scat on them.

that is probly what Vince was remebered

Wagonmaster · Post by **Wagonmaster** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:29 am

here is a picture of another drumming log http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/images/veg ... og_VK.html