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Never been there, but I remember my Bud mentioning Atlanta, Mich. Looks swampy on the map and they mentioned it was flat compared to W.Pa. Mainly going to get the new Pup into a bunch of Birds. Probably will mainly be Woodcock and I could care less to shoot them, but it is more of a training run than shooting. Right now he needs to have some fun, figure the game out and get in as many flushes as possible.
Wont be passing up too many opportunities on Grouse if they show up, nor will it compare to the Montana/Canada crew numbers. Still should be worthwhile.
Addition: Congrats on the 870. That's the real 870 as you know.
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laissez les bons temps rouler
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Been to that area a bit.. Have a great hunt and hope you get lots of shooting..
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Opted for my 10 year old b day present(1972) $70 single shot since was griff's first grouse hunt Shot some with bow too as I was archery elk hunting
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Griff looks like a really neat pal... Nice little single barrel..
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Nothing like a full choke Mathews bow...
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Couldn't get them to fly, so I ground sluiced them.... The Hummer had to get in the act too....
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Do you guys eat those Rabbits?
Was in Wyoming once and they were everywhere. I mean thousands of them. Little, bigger and dead lying everywhere. Asked the rancher if they ate them and he said not unless he was real hungry in that they carried a lot of disease.
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More with the S&W Upland Special, a real grouse getter...
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Do you guys eat those Rabbits?
Was in Wyoming once and they were everywhere. I mean thousands of them. Little, bigger and dead lying everywhere. Asked the rancher if they ate them and he said not unless he was real hungry in that they carried a lot of disease. Yes. I do! Love them. I was in Wyoming last week and you're right...they were everywhere. We didn't have as many in montana, but they are definitely on the high point of a cycle.
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Shrapnel was right about the grouse. The skies were black with them! I got this one out of a passing flock...he was at the head of the "V" formation.....
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I took this one as he flared, coming into the decoys. Few people know how effective decoys are when hunting Ruffed Grouse...
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Very few people are aware of decoying bunnies.... This group came into a "J" hook spread...
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I got this one using a Foxpro cottontail calling feature I downloaded from the internet...
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Damn your hide! I was gonna be the first to try that! I did notice the town fox squirrels and magpies heckle each other relentlessly so I put the Foxpro ( true story) out by the Havahart trap and played magpie sounds. Had a squirrel in ten minutes.
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Last evening Kate and I headed out for some sage grouse hunting... Need a few more for my friends.. Took a couple walks, and Kate put up a double.. For my part I missed three easy shots.. Bummer... We headed to another spot, and I glassed a bird sitting on a sage probably 300 yards away.. Kate and I made a bee line for the spot.. But when you start walking across a sage brush flat, it is difficult, for me at least, to hit the exact area.. But this time we were dead on, at least Kate was.. A couple birds got up, and I missed three shots!!! Had been doing so well at the beginning of season!! Crap.. Dropped another WW 3 1/4- 1 1/4 -#4 in the chamber.. As Kate came back to me she hit half a dozen more birds.. This time I kept my head down and shot.. Perfect hit, FIANLLY..
Kate was pretty hot so I took her to a spring for a drink and swim.. I got out of the truck, and was going to take a photo, when I thought birds might be here before going to roost.. Just dropped a #4 in the 870 when Kate crossed the fence to the spring.. Half a dozen birds hit the air.. Took my time and dropped one at about 35 yards..
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Here the photos that go with the above.. Hit the submit button too soon.. Kate after getting the second bird..
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Couple more photos of our hunt: My old 870 12 ga. and the birds:
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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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Here is the moon rise!! I hope!!
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Taking a page from Shrapnel's book, I took my small guage S&W Upland model out this morning with a friend of mine and shot a couple spruce hens. 90gr Lee SWC over 5gr of AA5 32 H&R magnum.
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