ORIGINAL: Power
ORIGINAL: ab_newfie
ORIGINAL: Power
shooting a grouse once with my rifle.
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Your kidding right?
Nope. Here in Washington you can shoot grouse with basically any weapon. A lot of the hunters here have shot grouse off the ground or out of a tree with their hunting rifle, usually while deer or elk hunting. Pretty stupid unless you are very sure of you backstop obviously (and the reason for my post) but it is legal.
WOW, it works I guess, like you say if your careful. I don't think I'd shoot a grouse in a tree with a rifle, though, seems dangerous to me.
I usually carry my .410 or 12 gauge in the truck, thats when I'll shoot a grouse. But if I'm stalking, there is no need to shoot the grouse cause I might spoke the big game animal I'm after, so the sotgun(s) stay in the truck.