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I have hunted up there for grouse and woodcock. My advice is to try and beat the moose hunters. I have hunted before and after the rifle hunt and seems to be more birds before the moose guys show up. The place I stayed provided me a map with some information to point me in the right direction. Endless atv/logging roads. If you have a decent dog you will certainly find birds. Good Luck! and if you would like more information please PM me.
Happy Hunting!
Thanks for all the info folks. Here's to my last year hunting birds without a dog. My Weim pup should be ready for the big woods next year!
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I'm up there now.
Been doing lots of ATV riding but not hunting.
Seen a more than a few grouse.
They are not too bothered by us.
Moose hunters shouldn't be a problem as there is very few tags for the area this year.
I think this year and next will be good for grouse. Although more people have headed to the outdoors for "easy" activities like hiking and fishing... getting a hunting license isn't something people have done just on a whim becasue they are bored (fishing was soooo crowded with newbies this year!).
So you aren't going to see a bunch of newbies out for grouse. Mix that in with the number of cancelled trips (our group of 8 cancelled our trip last week and we generally take 30+ birds each...) and also the lack of americans...
The end result should be phenomenal hunting for smaller groups and day-trips this year combined with higher populations next year IMHO
I have hunted Temagami area before and seen many hunters personally. My GSP needs to go out more but I may not go that far this year, since I just came back from a really FAR trip to Savant Lake! We were after moose early this year since we had a couple of tags for 16B.
In the meantime, we got a bunch of spruce grouse, with a couple of ruffies thrown in for good measure.
A lot of moose hunters were in the area also and I suspect they were all shooting grouse also.
Anyone going to Temagami, and considering a stay at their motel, should consider a short drive to the north and stay in Latchford instead.
I had this Stevens 555 20ga out this past weekend. I didn't connect with birds,but,this gun is sweet. It looks great, light to carry and swings well. I set up a pattern paper with full and mod chokes at 40 yds and got 70% of the #5 steel pellets inside the 30 in. circle with the full and 50% with the mod. The barrel selector works flawlessly. This gun doesn't have an ejector which is OK by me. I don't have to hunt up ejected hulls. For the money (under$900) I'm satisfied with that. I hope this helps.Quote:
Originally Posted by huntnmachine
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Originally Posted by Hawkman
As I said this year there are only a few tags for that area for moose.
As for the motel has changed hands 3 times in the last 3 years. Newest change was a about a month ago.