Vermilion Bay area grouse hunt

[sidelock]

That's been going on for decades in the area we hunt for birds and I can assure you, there's trailer camps and ATV's all over the place off Hwy 560. There's been great years and poor years for grouse all of which I attribute to the natural cycle.

So what do you think in your opinion attributed to the low population in an undisclosed specific area along 560 this year ? after having an unusual mild winter and a reasonably dry spring/summer, assuming there was enough moisture for a good hatch, one would expect a good carry over of mature birds and a high survival rate of chicks given such ideal conditions. I'm not a biologist by the longest stretch of imagination but at the very least know enough that the natural cycle can be greatly influenced by weather as well as predation and desease.
You are certainly right about the number trailer camps, ATV's and blazing orange all over the place, it was like a war zone !

[Hunter John]

War Zone,!!! Now you sound like an anti. I have hunted the opening week of grouse season just south of Chapleau for a few years and while we see a few folks in trucks and on quads I would hardly call it a warzone. Besides everyone knows the hunters driving the roads drive past 90% of the grouse. The Goshawk's and the Lynx take far more grouse than anything else out there including us and the grouse keep on keeping on , some years more than others but in THE NORTH we have almost no impact on them.

[JBen]

Low numbers of grouse being reported in many areas.

We went Sept 22nd along 560
The OP came to Canada Oct 2-7.

One thing I noticed while walking many clicks here and there was very, and I do mean very few spent shells laying around. In fact of those I saw, most were 1-2 years old.....I suppose with dozens of people slaughtering hundreds each weekend, the only logic answer is everyone picked up every spent shell.............

whats the difference between 4 Yanks taking 80 and 4 guys from the big smoke taking 80 over a few weeks? Net result is exactly the same. Though I'm betting the yanks had a better time, they seem more relaxed.

read/look carefully, likely the main reason so many reported tough years is within
http://www.oodmag.com/community/show...Grouse-hunting

im a rank novice hunting grouse, certainly no "expert" but even I know, when they are no see ums, and no shells on the ground, and lots and lots of green...........

[sidelock]

War Zone,!!! Now you sound like an anti. I have hunted the opening week of grouse season just south of Chapleau for a few years and while we see a few folks in trucks and on quads I would hardly call it a warzone. Besides everyone knows the hunters driving the roads drive past 90% of the grouse. The Goshawk's and the Lynx take far more grouse than anything else out there including us and the grouse keep on keeping on , some years more than others but in THE NORTH we have almost no impact on them.

Are you related to Donald Trump ?

[sawbill]

The road into our camp is private, no trespassing, no hunting and all the camp owners abide by it. There are years where birds are everywhere along this stretch. This year I've seen one and hunting is not a factor in their disappearance.

[Mount Sweetness]

Wicked thread, I think both Kygrouse and Sidelock have fair agruments.
I don't think either of them need harassment, they are within the law and entitled to their opinions.

[sidelock]

[QUOTE=JBen;994843]Low numbers of grouse being reported in many areas.

We went Sept 22nd along 560
The OP came to Canada Oct 2-7.

One thing I noticed while walking many clicks here and there was very, and I do mean very few spent shells laying around. In fact of those I saw, most were 1-2 years old.....I suppose with dozens of people slaughtering hundreds each weekend, the only logic answer is everyone picked up every spent shell.............

They should but that would be too logical.
Didn't you say earlier that you are staying out of this one ?

[sidelock]

Wicked thread, I think both Kygrouse and Sidelock have fair agruments.
I don't think either of them need harassment, they are within the law and entitled to their opinions.

It's evident not very many sensible people capable of carrying on an interesting debate in a civilized manner in this community. Perhaps they are watching too much television instead of enjoying the outdoors and the name calling is rubbing off on them. Someone actually spell checked my posts and the best comment he could come up with was to criticized my intelligence over a typo error, simply genius !
Your post is a refreshing contrast indeed, thank you !

[JBen]

I am/was.

Any hope of the original thread is long gone , feel bad for the American tourist who came here and.....The only thing I got involved in was the (searches for right words) Stuff about morals/ethics and insulting peoples intelligence because well......


For a brief moment things seemed to be heading towards at least, a more meaningful discussion. Aka grouse, be it numbers in some area's being reported as low (but its anecdotal for one, and two the foliage this year....).

I see I was mistaken.
And yep, you are entitled to A) your opinion and B) your morals ( which are a product of your upbringing, family, mentors, environments and experiences) as are everybody elses. They are not universal, they are individual.........

So is everybody else and that seemed and still seems to have been forgotten.
Vegans and Anti's think you have no morals (funny that) and because they kill none have higher moral authority than you (funny that). So who is right in this?
The guy that keeps a limit
you
Vegans
Antis..well if we follow your line, let us know when you side with them hang up your guns and OMG you even use a dog.......Peta must think so highly of you.
?

Me, I can respect a vegans decision to eat no meat, actually kind of "applaud" for them for it. I could never, and would never.

Shame they feel they can force their morals on everyone else..

See what I mean.
Its NO different than guys who practise catch and release, who then T off on guys who go home with full stringers.

To each their own.

[Species8472]

It's evident not very many sensible people capable of carrying on an interesting debate in a civilized manner in this community. Perhaps they are watching too much television instead of enjoying the outdoors and the name calling is rubbing off on them.

Pot meet kettle

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 !

How very civilized of you. First post on the thread and you try to publicly shame a visitor, who did nothing illegal, because he chose differently than you would have. Essentially call everyone except yourself unethical.

Judging by the reaction to my post its quite obvious some lack the mental capacity to differentiate the difference between law and ethical code of sportsmanship and values.

Not just calling the OP names - essentially saying everyone who has posted up to this point lacks mental capacity.

I wouldn't realistically expect any meat hunter to possess such capacity let alone recognize between right and wrong regardless.

And again.

Are you related to Donald Trump ?

And again.