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Thursday, December 2. 2010

Grouse and Woodcock hunting: What it's like

This gives a fairly good idea of what it's like, in Yankeeland. Lots of brush-busting, little shooting. Hunting isn't shopping - it's off-road hiking with dog. The shotgun is mostly a burden. You just hope to have a chance to use it - and not splatter your pal with birdshot. (We have all done that once or twice. It's important to apologize. Most guys don't care much, unless you hit their dog. It's best to let low birds go.)


 

Posted by Bird Dog in Hunting, Fishing, Dogs, Guns, etc., Our Essays at 18:12 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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There's a lot of air around those birds. Wish my side-by-side was choked more open than full-modified. Hard on the birds when you hit them.
#1 CT on 2010-12-02 20:10 (Reply)
There is no need to seek out woodchucks. Put in a garden, and they will come. I guarantee. Woodchuck meat, at least from a freshly killed animal, does not taste good.
#2 Gringo on 2010-12-02 21:08 (Reply)
Woodcock, woodchuck, what's the difference? Oh well.. Better take a reading class.
#2.1 Gringo on 2010-12-03 17:17 (Reply)
Unfortunately, the ascendancy of privet on our place has rendered quail hunting down here to be mostly "brush busting" as well.
#3 LWS on 2010-12-03 07:51 (Reply)
That kind of reminds me of grouse hunting in the Thunder Bay area in Ontario when I was a younger. The difference is we did not use dogs or shotguns. We hunted with 22s and took them with head shots while they were on the ground. I never owned a shotgun or shot a bird on the wing until I moved to Alberta in 1968.
#4 Bob Devine on 2010-12-03 17:23 (Reply)

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