Vermilion Bay area grouse hunt

Made my first trip north of the border during the first week of Oct....lodged in Vermilion Bay and grouse hunted north of there. I have to say that for a southeastern Kentucky grouse hunter, I was absolutely blown away with the ruffed grouse population. Probably common knowledge for most in the area or that have been there, but the numbers were just mind-blowing....far exceeded my expectations. Our party of 4 killed 84 ruffed grouse in 4 1/2 days of hunting. It was a blast and I look forward to coming back in the future.

I hope you guys up there don't ever take it for granted....It is, as you know, a treasure.

Only one spruce grouse and one sharp tail was killed....thought we may see more of those, but no complaints.

Congratulates on the excellent grouse hunt. I too am a upland game hunter and know what you mean about taking the northern grouse population for granted. Most hunters head up there for moose and bear. I see you are from Kentucky, you guys have any wild Bobwhites left in that state?

Congratulations on a really successful outing. I just checked and it's so far away from the Southern Ontario. I'm sure it's well worth the trip though.

We have a few quail...the central/western part of the state have a few more. But habitat destruction is a big problem. Same for the grouse...it has been terribly mis-managed by the wildlife department. All the money, time, and effort goes to deer, turkey, and elk. Hoping for a revival in grouse in the next few year....the logging industry has picked up over the past 5-7 years....should help. But will never be what it was in the heyday of the old grown up hill side farms.

Kygrouse what type of dogs where you guys running?

English setters

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[COLOR=#333333]English setters

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The classic grouse dog, nice.

congrats on a great hunt, I am always showing my family all the US lic plates when we are fishing and tell them how lucky we are to have this close to home in our country yet most of our population goes south to other countries for vacations.

congrats seems like you guys had a great hunt

Guys.... Just to make something clear about our hunt. We ate grouse every day for breakfast and supper...never had more than our legal possession limit at one time...just in case anyone was wondering!!