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Got this one yesterday, big mature male. Sending it to the taxidermist, but this is the biggest I have ever seen. Maybe I just always ran into same year birds prior... ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/mTDCgWj.jpg)
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I killed a couple like that this morning. bombers.
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We also call them Bombers.
The only game bird in the U.S. that is bigger is the turkey.
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We also call them Bombers.
The only game bird in the U.S. that is bigger is the turkey. I called an eastern gobbler in for a friend that was 28lb. The largest Sage Grouse bombers that I've shot or ones that people that I was with shot were maybe 7-8lb tops.
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We also call them Bombers.
The only game bird in the U.S. that is bigger is the turkey. I called an eastern gobbler in for a friend that was 28lb. The largest Sage Grouse bombers that I've shot or ones that people that I was with shot were maybe 7-8lb tops. Yep. Killed my first sage grouse here in Montana 55 years ago, and have killed and seen killed a bunch since. The heaviest weighed 8 pounds on the nose on a good scale, and the wingspan (held gently, not stretched too much) was 44 inches.
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We also call them Bombers.
The only game bird in the U.S. that is bigger is the turkey. I called an eastern gobbler in for a friend that was 28lb. The largest Sage Grouse bombers that I've shot or ones that people that I was with shot were maybe 7-8lb tops. Yep. Killed my first sage grouse here in Montana 55 years ago, and have killed and seen killed a bunch since. The heaviest weighed 8 pounds on the nose on a good scale, and the wingspan (held gently, not stretched too much) was 44 inches. I’ll bet that tasted like a sage flavored moldy tennis shoe, and was about that tough. When a flock gets up, I try to shoot the smallest…and I expect you do as well!
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Sandhill cranes and Giant Canada Geese are larger also.
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Upland game vs water foul.
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Yes, but still game birds.
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Well drew a swan tag so we can get bigger still this year...
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