Ruffed grouse hunting?
10-01-2010, 03:30 PM
#1
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: 30 miles from park city UT on 1,500 acres.
Posts: 884
Ruffed grouse hunting?
I will walk the woods almost all day and maybe kill one or two grouse. Do grouse have any kind of pattern? Like what time of the day do they go to water? What kind of terrain do they like? I know the place I am hunting them as lots of grouse because I have seen lots of tracks and I have seen them sittin in the road or they will fly up in front of me while hiking in the off season.
10-06-2010, 09:05 AM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: S. NH
Posts: 3,045
I have read somewhere that Grouse will eat over 100 types of food and believe it...
This past weekend yielded 2-Rabbitts and 3-Grouse from my hunting group of buddies...
All Three Grouse gizzards had acorns, berries, green leafy folliage and minimal amounts of apples.
Try freshly cut/logged areas, they are very productive due to Grouse like to eat off the ground, they VERY RARELY will pick off the trees or bushes. Ground feeders mainly...
Early in the morning some Grouse will still be on "Roost" so don't forget to look up in the trees! Later in the day Grouse might be found around gravely areas/roads as they will ingest pebbles to help break their food up.
I'll post some pics within a week , or so, to show our luck so far this year...
This past weekend yielded 2-Rabbitts and 3-Grouse from my hunting group of buddies...
All Three Grouse gizzards had acorns, berries, green leafy folliage and minimal amounts of apples.
Try freshly cut/logged areas, they are very productive due to Grouse like to eat off the ground, they VERY RARELY will pick off the trees or bushes. Ground feeders mainly...
Early in the morning some Grouse will still be on "Roost" so don't forget to look up in the trees! Later in the day Grouse might be found around gravely areas/roads as they will ingest pebbles to help break their food up.
I'll post some pics within a week , or so, to show our luck so far this year...
10-07-2010, 08:21 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: S. NH
Posts: 3,045
This weekend TimberDoodle season will be in full swing, so last weekend was the only sleep-in day... Up early for the whistling helicopter bird
10-07-2010, 10:17 AM
#5
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 320
...in early fall. Once there is snow on the ground, I have routinely watch them from a deer stand while they eat thorn apples, buds, etc while perched on the branches of saplings.
10-07-2010, 12:47 PM
#6
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: PA.
Posts: 5,195
grouse will not come out of tree in fog.
they had to beat the other hunters to woods.
9 am is BEST time to hunt on most days. the fog has lifted and ground is dry.
if it rains day before. i go out at 11am.grouse dont like to get their feet wet.
10-14-2010, 10:39 AM
#7
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: PA.
Posts: 5,195
10-25-2017, 08:27 AM
#8
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 11
Habitat & Diet
Hey Genesis,
Grouse definitely do have patterns, but the trick is knowing where to look. They're actually surprisingly similar to deer, with relatively consistent spots where they're feeding, transitioning to & from roosting areas, etc.
The two best articles we've found for this are from The Upland Hunter. They've got some great articles on grouse hunting tips, their diets, etc.
Grouse definitely do have patterns, but the trick is knowing where to look. They're actually surprisingly similar to deer, with relatively consistent spots where they're feeding, transitioning to & from roosting areas, etc.
The two best articles we've found for this are from The Upland Hunter. They've got some great articles on grouse hunting tips, their diets, etc.
