Vermilion Bay area grouse hunt

[Hunter John]

You know the hunting is good when u have to keep eating in order to stay legal. Congrats on a great hunt and feel free to share some pictures of the hunt.

[Jerryklimczuk]

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!!

Good man, we moose hunt up the road from there in the Ear Falls area and always see resident hunters, from the south part of the province taking too many birds per day and too many walleye out of the river. Its a shame, most guys are good but the few rotten apples ruin it for everyone. I am glad you had a good trip and you enjoyed what the Canadian wilderness has to offer. You're welcome back any time brother.

TIGHT LINES!

[sidelock]

We do indeed realize we have a treasure and we certainly don't take it for granted, that's why some of us choose to be conservative and apply common sense when it comes to harvesting them. If we want our resources to remain sustainable, we as responsible custodians have a moral and ethical obligation to be respectful of our resources and in managing them for future generations to come. Killing 84 birds is outright despicable in my opinion and to have the audacity to say not to take things for granted is nothing short of hypocrisy, SHAME ON YOU !

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.

[kygrouse]

We followed the law to the letter....your conservation people chose the daily limit, not me. In fact, with what I saw, they have set it at a very conservative number. We did not kill a quarter of the birds in which we saw.
We drove over 24 hours, spent a bunch of money in your country, paid for our hunting liscense, and did not break any game laws. Go bark up another tree pal.
Educate yourself on your resources. Habitat destruction is what is the death nail to a ruffed grouse population...not harvesting birds. Any person with knowledge of wildlife and wildlife resources, especially the ruffed grouse, knows this. I have been hunting them my entire life and have hunted them in several states in the U.S. and now Canada. I am an active member in the Ruffed Grouse Society and I have a knowledge about the species which would rival most anyone and goes well above and beyond any casual outdoorsman. We took those birds from probably a 100 square mile area.....with the abundance of logging which we saw going on, the birds are going to be there for future generations....as they always have been.

We did not drive around your roads and look for a bird to get out on and shoot....we hit the roads with our feet and dogs and walked several miles each day. To ask/expect someone to do that and then not take a limit each day is a ludicrous expectation.
For those that understand, thanks for the comments and I truly enjoyed my stay and will be back.

We do indeed realize we have a treasure and we certainly don't take it for granted, that's why some of us choose to be conservative and apply common sense when it comes to harvesting them. If we want our resources to remain sustainable, we as responsible custodians have a moral and ethical obligation to be respectful of our resources and in managing them for future generations to come. Killing 84 birds is outright despicable in my opinion and to have the audacity to say not to take things for granted is nothing short of hypocrisy, SHAME ON YOU !

[topher]

We followed the law to the letter....your conservation people chose the daily limit, not me. In fact, with what I saw, they have set it at a very conservative number. We did not kill a quarter of the birds in which we saw.
We drove over 24 hours, spent a bunch of money in your country, paid for our hunting liscense, and did not break any game laws.
Educate yourself on your resources. Habitat destruction is what is the death nail to a ruffed grouse population...not harvesting birds. Any person with knowledge of wildlife and wildlife resources, especially the ruffed grouse, knows this. I have been hunting them my entire life and have hunted them in several states in the U.S. and now Canada. I am an active member in the Ruffed Grouse Society and I have a knowledge about the species which would rival most anyone and goes well above and beyond any casual outdoorsman. We took those birds from probably a 100 square mile area.....with the abundance of logging which we saw going on, the birds are going to be there for future generations....as they always have been.

We did not drive around your roads and look for a bird to get out on and shoot....we hit the roads with our feet and dogs and walked several miles each day. To ask/expect someone to do that and then not take a limit each day is a ludicrous expectation.

For those that understand, thanks for the comments and I truly enjoyed my stay and will be back.

That dudes just jealous he misses out out the yummy yummy grouse...

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[Blue Lk]

Just curious,where did you stay?

[kygrouse]

Bad reaction by me maybe....but hit a nerve. I just know we were legal and we did NOT hurt the population in the least. It was truly a great trip and one I hope to make on a yearly basis.

[Species8472]

We do indeed realize we have a treasure and we certainly don't take it for granted, that's why some of us choose to be conservative and apply common sense when it comes to harvesting them. If we want our resources to remain sustainable, we as responsible custodians have a moral and ethical obligation to be respectful of our resources and in managing them for future generations to come. Killing 84 birds is outright despicable in my opinion and to have the audacity to say not to take things for granted is nothing short of hypocrisy, SHAME ON YOU !

They did nothing illegal. There is a reason the law lets them take that many birds - given the number of people hunting grouse the population can handle it.

To the OP - congrats on a great hunt and please disregard the jealous haters.

[sawbill]

They did nothing illegal. There is a reason the law lets them take that many birds -
To the OP - congrats on a great hunt and please disregard the jealous haters.

Exactly! Grouse populations are believed to be one of the species that manage themselves regardless of outside circumstances such as heavy hunting, disease or weather. So if a young of the year is going to expire in a year or so why not take it?

[kygrouse]

Yes...the life expectancy is less than a year. And so true about the reproduction...If you have grouse habitat, you will have grouse. Regardless of hunting pressure and number of birds harvested.

Here in Kentucky, the population has taken a terrible tumble the past 10-15 years....and not just the normal 10 year cycle of up and down. And it has NOTHING to do with people hunting them down. It is due to habitat destruction. Mountain top removal and strip mining for coal in general has hurt the habitat greatly. Also there was a downward turn in the need for logging for a few years and we have WAY too many "big timber", adult forests....not good for grouse reproduction. Hoping for a turn around in the coming years however. Logging has picked up the past 5-6 years and hoping for some improved habitat.