prairie chickens

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   great photos of a really nice mount.  Yes, there are 4 different species of birds being discussed.  Greater & Lesser Prairie chickens have separate ranges but may have some overalap.  There are some physical differences, but its been a long time since college so I might be off on some of the specifics...something about bars and contour feathers are the main differences in appearances.  I live in Oklahoma and we have had historical populations of lessers but their numbers are shrinking.  Never could find a good way to prepare them for dinner, having tried many tricks.  Finally gave up.
I Shot sharptails and Huns in North Dakota and both are great game.  Huns are the best eating, in my estimation, but all are great birds to hunt.

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OK hunter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .243 Winchester Joined: 20 March 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 240	Post Options Post Reply Quote OK hunter Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 October 2008 at 15:09
	great photos of a really nice mount. Yes, there are 4 different species of birds being discussed. Greater & Lesser Prairie chickens have separate ranges but may have some overalap. There are some physical differences, but its been a long time since college so I might be off on some of the specifics...something about bars and contour feathers are the main differences in appearances. I live in Oklahoma and we have had historical populations of lessers but their numbers are shrinking. Never could find a good way to prepare them for dinner, having tried many tricks. Finally gave up. I Shot sharptails and Huns in North Dakota and both are great game. Huns are the best eating, in my estimation, but all are great birds to hunt.

VarmintGuy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .243 Winchester Joined: 04 June 2006 Status: Offline Points: 131	Post Options Post Reply Quote VarmintGuy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 February 2009 at 03:47
	Gentlemen: There is a WONDERFUL way to prepare Sage Grouse for the table. I will only give the brief outline here. Skin the bird - the bigger the bird the better! Lightly saute the bird in a frying pan. Prepare a thin gravy. Place the sectioned bird meat in medium size Mason jars and add the gravy. Now cook the meat til done while in the sealed jars! This method of preparing the normally tough and strongish Sage Grouse renders an ABSOLUTELY delicious food! My favorite way to eat the "canned" Sage Grouse is with (over) rice or as Sage Grouse Stroganoff over noodles. It has been my desire of late to harvest one large Sage Grouse male bird and have it mounted in mating display mode. I normally only harvest 2 or 3 Sage Grouse a year - they are very sporting and fun to Hunt. I do not think there are any Prairie Chickens in Montana - BUT, lots of folks in eastern Montana call the much larger Sage Grouse, "Prairie Chickens". I don't know why. Locally here in SW Montana many folks call Sage Grouse "Bombers". I don't know why. The Montana Upland Game Bird Regulations does not list Prairie Chickens as a legal bird to Hunt. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy