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d4570
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Posted: 19 August 2014 at 02:49 |
It's Just the right thing to do.
Sage hen are in trouble there is no dought. Hunting pressure In my mind is little or no fault. Ag practices is the major problem here but with the FWP headed by a commission of all rancher and farmers, we will never address it and save them. A huge part of MT was closed to hunting them this year but in there wisdom the Main breading areas and the corp of there population was left open to hunting them, how does that make any sense? Anyway we are going to give them a brake this year and concentrate on Sharp tail and huns the first of September. If we don't get our first freeze a dove season ender before it open we may have to shoot some of those feathered pin pong balls too. I have that Monday off and plan a relatively close hunt out In some of our coyote country. I have been seeing a BUNCH of grouse out that way. This spring we marked 10 different Leks , not that there on the dancing grounds now but there still in the area I'm sure. Early season in this heat tends to put sharp tail in very loose flocks scattered all over just random grass and brush, as the weather turns more "Fall" they tend to tighten up in to closer groups and later in to Large flocks. now with out dogs we have to hunt water and the back side of land feachers out of the wind, just a LOT of walking. It really helps to be in a spot where there ARE some birds. You could weir out two sets of boots just starting out walking prairie. How does the grouse out look to you? I hear the mountain grouse look great too I just don't know how and whare to try for them. Edited by d4570 |
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BEAR
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Here in the northeast, grouse are looking good so far, ruffed.
But grouse have been down for a decade, over all. hunters use to think that the grouse population ran in 7 year cycles??? increased predators and wet egg/laying seasons are hurting them over all. |
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RobertMT
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The biggest threat to them and other ground nesting birds, are the Obama birds and other nest robbers. Farming practices make it much easier, for these birds, to rob the nests. Even ten years ago you hardly saw Obama birds, now they're everywhere.
Sharpies and huns are much better eating anyway. They seem to do better, with current farming practices. If I get out after bear, I'll take along cap and ball for grouse. It's way more sporting than 22, they get fairly wise, after they've been hunted a bit. |
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Irish Bird Dog
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go get 'em d-4570....
Referencing back to Bear's statement (red above) Gordon Gullion(?sp) a MN wildlife dude years back did a lifetime study of Ruffed Grouse (in MN anyway) and his conclusion was that the ruffed grouse had a high to low cycle that ran about 11yrs apart. That seems to have held true here in WI also over the past 50+yrs I have been chasing grouse here. |
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