RE: Shooting a grouse w/ arrow
I always have a couple of rubber blunts in my quiver for grouse. They kill them dead and don't damage too much meat. And if you lose one which is hopefully attached to a cheap arrow, you're not crying about it. It would be a waste to use a broadhead.
Oh yeah and blunts are great for shooting stumps when you're bored.. just don't get too close!
I tooka bigBlue grouseyears ago on a classic shot from the ground.. the bird was about 80 feet up in a Doug Fir.. stuck that blunt right up its keaster and the blunt stopped right at its head.. so it came down like a grouse on a spit![8D]