I live in Belleville so I'm fairly south. Also hunt in Prince Edward County which is even further southQuote:
Originally Posted by Salmonid
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I live in Belleville so I'm fairly south. Also hunt in Prince Edward County which is even further southQuote:
Originally Posted by Salmonid
I concur with the slow trickle, I have hunted a couple evenings and have not seen any flights of birds coming in. Usually you will see flights coming into my spot where I hunt. I do however find birds though but not in the great numbers like in the past couple seasons. Chalk Marks are seldom but when you find them get ready.
Barrie area today: 1.75 hours, 3 flushes, 1 in the bag.
Just north of Barrie today ... Saw one bird in 2 hrs. Dog pointed nicely and dropped it with two shots.
What time of morning do you guys get the most contacts? I don't go out for grouse till 10am because i generally don't get many contacts till 11. However don't see many woodcock. Should i be out earlier?
I'm not sure time of day makes a big difference. The birds are more active at dawn and dusk but since they don't go to roost & don't need grit for the gizzard, they're always on the ground in the thickets where the dog can find them.
I go out at first light, but that's because I like to be in the woods at first light. Fact is, I get them throughout the whole day.
I second that. Anytime for them. But I on the other hand like the dusk hunt as you get to watch flights come into where you are hunting if you are hunting a regular flight location. But I have been successful whenever.
Lots of rain and not many birds this morning. The dog flushed 1 grouse and 1 woodcock, both escaped unscathed. The woodcock looked to be a good size, perhaps a local bird.
Good job Cass.
Hens tend to be a little bigger from what I've been told, I put one up in Michigan that looked like a football with wings.
The always look bigger when in flight than they do when you knock em down. Tough bird to hunt alone. I usually miss way more birds when alone. Really tough to flush and shoot when you are plodding through a hawthorn thicket.