RE: Second week trip-Chasing roosters
phil, grouse is only bright spot in hunting in pa.BUT hunting pressure on those birds is getting to much.
i never saw so many dogs hunting grouse in my life but grouse numbers are not plentiful here but better than 5 yrs ago.
i was at our SGL252 land.this goes for 15 miles or more.
it has best habitat, feed all over for deer/grouse/pheasants..
they do nice job growing stuff.
you dont see anything alive there.
no deer, grouse, very few squirreals, few rabbits,few pheasant,no turkeys.
why, its HUNTING PRESSURE.. hunters will hunt until they clean a place out.
i am very unhappy with hunting in pa. we used to be great,grouse all over, pheasants, squirreals as big as cats,rabbits big and lots of them,big turkeys,lots of deer...
now, you see OWLS,HAWKS,EAGLES,BOBCATS, COUGARS,COYOTES, FOX,FISCHERS all sitting there looking hungry................