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Pretty grouse, never shot a spruce grouse, don't think I ever saw any in Wy. Sharp little small bore..
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They are pretty good eating, very dark meat similar to a dove. They only eat spruce needles in the winter and can get pretty gamey, most folks don't shoot them after the snow flies. They are dumb as tackhammers and no sport at all with a shotgun. The little 32 does good as it is scary accurate and doesn't ruin much if any meat even when you shoot them through the wing butts like I normally do. I'm not good enough to consistently hit that little bobbing head.
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We're supposed to have some Spruce Grouse here in ID (ID F&G lists a season for em anyway) but you couldn't prove it by me. Never seen one.
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Is that the 870 wingmaster trap model? Good job looks like a beautiful area to hunt As we headed in, the moon came up in the east... The sun was setting in the west.. End of another hard day of retirement...
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ribka, no that last photo is my 870 field.. It does have nice wood.. The trap model is shown on an earlier post.. It has excellent wood..
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Upland in the river bottom:
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Holy moly 28! That looks like a ton of work skinnin that many rats. Be lots of good eats to follow for sure though.
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Holy moly 28! That looks like a ton of work skinnin that many rats. Be lots of good eats to follow for sure though. Got 5 of them in the crock pot right now. I prefer Squirrel to any other wild game I've eaten.
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Grouse so thick, you can't miss them...
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Dang it Shrapnel. Last week I see your pictures and go shoot grouse with a S&W to emulate you. Do I have to buy AK shotguns so me and my dad can go tomorrow?
Btw. What kind of grouse are those? We have spruce and ruffed in my part of Alaska, mostly spruce.
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Upland in the river bottom: Miss squirel hunting Drawback living out west Squirrel in the crockpot with mushroom soup, wild rice
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We're supposed to have some Spruce Grouse here in ID (ID F&G lists a season for em anyway) but you couldn't prove it by me. Never seen one. Very nice
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The good old days are back! The skies are black with rabbits!
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Great pics! Love the squirrels!
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Unsportsmanliked another fool hen this morning. Cheated and used my 77/22.
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Great photos!!!!! I would hate to skin that pile of squirrels.. Shooting would have been blast, but skinning those little devils?????????????
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The Pheasant opener wasn't the same without ol Pete but we went out for a couple of hours anyway. Sophie managed to point a young rooster in his memory. 75 degrees....yuck.
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Dang it Shrapnel. Last week I see your pictures and go shoot grouse with a S&W to emulate you. Do I have to buy AK shotguns so me and my dad can go tomorrow?
Btw. What kind of grouse are those? We have spruce and ruffed in my part of Alaska, mostly spruce. Most of these are Ruffed Grouse, but the Blues are the best. Bigger and take less to make a fine dinner. Here is a size comparison. Blue Grouse will literally make 2 of Ruffed Grouse...
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