Originally Posted by
Pete D.
"20 plus flushes in less than two hours and I never got off the skidder trail"
That is truly amazing. I read somewhere - game commission literature, IIRC - that the average is one flush per hour. That has pretty much been my experience over the last few years in Luzerne/Columbia/Sullivan Cos.
its been more than hr for me and toby in clinton county.i have chance to talk to hunters in bear season.i always ask about how many grouse they see.most will tell me truth as most dont come here to hunt grouse.
there comments are same as the deer comments.we drove all day and saw FEW grouse,same with deer SAW a few deer..
2 yrs ago its was,BOY SPROUL SAW 6 GROUSE....hunting pressure is getting a lot more for grouse in last few yrs also. rain in spring hurt clinton and predators i feel are hurting when numbers are down.i shoot over heads of grouse most of time, once in awhile i kill one for toby.but a lot of hunters know me and if they see my truck, in they come to hunt grouse.some 2 yrs ago would hunt same area over and over until few grouse are left.
its like at my home. i had around say 20 rabbits last summer.owls,fox, bobcats HAWKS,yes hawks are a big killer in my yard have reduced my rabbits down to about 2.
just think in woods what is happening and add in a COYOTE and HUNTER to list.
its wonder we see anything in woods..........