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Hey all! I'm considering heading up to the Temagami area late October and was wondering how grouse hunting would be. The birds are pretty skittish in the area I usually go for bird and am hoping to have better luck than in the Minden area.
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I think the hunting should be fine. A lot of leaves should be down by late October. Makes spotting birds easier.
Should be interesting this year. On the upside with borders closed there would be a void of americans and their dogs at grouse camps. On the down side with pelee shut down and heading to the american west not an option guys may head north for grouse.
For me I'll just chase some close by E.S.G.s
I just picked up a sweet little Stevens 20ga O/U. Can't wait to try it. Our Moose hunt is cancelled this year,so,I might just head up for some Upland for a couple of days.
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I visit the area often.
Generally the birds are not too skittish in the Temagami area.
They do get hunted but not too heavily.
I atv and snowmobile the area and see lots that you can just drive up on without flushing them.
I am looking to purchase a 20 ga for bunnies, can you let me know how you like your StevensQuote:
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I have property in Minden and i agree the grouse have been hard to find but on the other hand A dozen turkeys casually walked by me yesterday and some were looking rather plump. My relatives are obsessed with feeding deer and ducks to the point there's 30 ducks in their yards everyday. I keep reminding them about CWD. Grouse on the trails are few. I think the wolves are getting them, the howls have been picking up over time.
Let us know how you fare in Temagami. Middle of September I had planned to fish/upland the week in Timiskaming, hope its good camping weather.
Seeing good numbers of grouse and rabbits around Timmins, Foleyet, Gogama Sultan area. Should be a good season.
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:
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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.