I bought that Dana Design pack in the 1990s...at the time one of the largest capacity packs they made.Really want to bird hunt in AK some day! I never thought sharptails were that far North until a few years ago.
I especially like your original Dana Design - Atralplane or Terraplane?
sounds likes the grouse in Ontario cuz a BB gun is all you needMuch prefer the 22 to a shotgun. Or even a pellet/air rifle. Or a stick.
Nice..I am a jealous old manWe have 3 species of grouse in interior Alaska: sharptailed, ruffed, spruce.
I often see ruffed and spruce in my backyard (aspen/white spruce).
These were from this morning.
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These are mostly sharptails from a September hunt in an old wildfire burn area:
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LOLsounds likes the grouse in Ontario cuz a BB gun is all you need
YES. Since they eat buds during the winter, my impression is spring conditions are much more important.Hopefully these hot, dry temps in June and so far into July will translate into strong hatch and brood survival counts. A couple more weeks and Ava and I will be helping ADFG count ptarmigan chicks in south-central, so here's to hoping!
I've gotten to know the small game bio in SC pretty good the past few years. The biggest population driver is the weather for grouse and ptarmigan. Most grouse chicks hatch around 6/15, ptarmigan a week later. Cold or heavy rain from mid June to about July 7 will kill a bunch of chicks.YES. Since they eat buds during the winter, my impression is spring conditions are much more important.
This ruffy was budding in our backyard .
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Just ordered a Stoeger 410 coach shotgun fixed full chokes.The stoeger coach gun is a nice little grouse gun for the MN woods if you aren’t an O/U S/S purist.
I have also used an old Remington semi that my pops had cut the stock short to fit his short little arms and it works just about perfect for those quick draws in thick cover.