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October 11th, 2016, 08:03 PM
#1
2nd best hunt ever
Went north for some ruffies on sat morning, booked a tiny economical cabin with a little kitchenette and a bbq , dropped off our things and headed to the logging roads with our mt bikes and hunting stuff. After hours of not seeing a grouse we headed to our cabin and had dinner and a campfire and decided to try the same area in the early morning. By 11am we went back to make some burgers without a bird and pulled out the backroads mapbook and came up with a plan to check a couple new spots.
Made it to the new spot at 1pm and saw a grouse right away but it gave me the slip as I was getting loaded up. Started walking the trail and heard some leaves shuffling looked at the boy and he said I heard that too, I found an opening in the thick bush and looked in saw a grouse and the 12ga mossy went bang and the boy said "did you get him" I replied "yes" for the 1st time. Walked into the bush to grab him and heard another noise and the 2nd grouse was down. dropped those 2 at the car and went the other way on the trail and saw 3 grouse on the trail caught up with 1 and we now had 3. went to drop that 1 off at the car and said to the boy we will shoot the 4th on the way to the car then try the pellet gun to get the 5th, well number 4 and 5 fell to the shotty on the way back and we were done after an hour and 20 mins.
here's a happy kid, he held the birds with gloves and even helped me pull on the legs to get the breasts, we took the legs also. made some tacos for tues night dinner.
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October 11th, 2016 08:03 PM
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October 11th, 2016, 08:08 PM
#2
Has too much time on their hands
Nice birds congrats. The smile on the kids face makes everything worth it.
"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, Teach a man to fish and he eats for the rest of his life"
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October 11th, 2016, 09:10 PM
#3
Right on!! Looks like you both had a blast, congrats!
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October 11th, 2016, 09:15 PM
#4
Great going, those tacos look awesome...
"Everything is easy when you know how"
"Meat is not grown in stores"
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October 12th, 2016, 05:15 AM
#5
Has too much time on their hands
The thing I learned early (4yrs ago) on is grouse come to road later in the morning to peck gravel which aids in digestion. They also sun themselves. For my weekend duck hunts in camper it works out perfectly. By the time I done duck hunting and had breakfast after...the birds are ready to come out to roads. Might not be factual, but it is what I have learned for my area. Great hunt and story.
Mark Snow, Libertarian Nepean, for 2020, Deputy Leader - Ontario Libertarian Party
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October 12th, 2016, 06:21 AM
#6
Congrats, sounds like you guys had a good time.
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October 12th, 2016, 01:06 PM
#7
Nice to see time spent with kids and a great day of hunting too!
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October 12th, 2016, 02:39 PM
#8
Great picture! He's gonna expect to get 5 all the time now.
Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening.
Dorothy Sarnoff
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October 12th, 2016, 07:03 PM
#9
Good story and pictures sash! I thought you guys only do ice fishing! 
Going for a dirt bike ride is not the best method for finding grouse IMHO.
You obviously did better walking, and remember grouse will almost always surprise you
unless you are way up north!
FIVE grouse in less than two hours? WOW, I am so jealous!!!
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October 12th, 2016, 07:48 PM
#10
Congrats Sash, that's a great pic and even better memories!
Hawk, I think he's talking about mountain bikes, pedal power. I've thought about trying mountain bikes for hunting but never got it organized. Do you use them just to access deeper into the trails or cruise hoping to spot them?
Also wanted to strap on Xcountry skies and do a little bunny biathlon but never got around to that either...
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