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Title: Snow Scouting On A Ruffed Grouse Hunt.
Post by: quavers59 on December 15, 2016, 06:15:54 PM
Myarea is going to get 1-3 inches of snow Fri night into Sat. Perfect for me to check one of my secret public land hardwoods areas nearly 2 miles in from where I park. A nice tom and 4-5 jakes were in that area last May - so I hope to see some 3-toed tracks of the 4" plus kind. Hope to flush a ruffed grouse while I am checking those hardwoods. Sunday should be perfect for a 4 mile hunt and scouting session
Title: Re: Snow Scouting On A Ruffed Grouse Hunt.
Post by: VA_Birdhunter on December 15, 2016, 06:24:46 PM
Hope u have a great time and find a lot of tracks!   I love grouse hunting also and have owned and raise English setters for many years now.  Go every year to Wisconsin which is always a great time...plus it helps hold me over until the spring!!   God bless
Title: Re: Snow Scouting On A Ruffed Grouse Hunt.
Post by: Spring Creek Calls on December 15, 2016, 06:33:44 PM
Hunting grouse in the snow is a blast (pun intended), good luck!
Title: Re: Snow Scouting On A Ruffed Grouse Hunt.
Post by: quavers59 on December 16, 2016, 02:07:32 PM
Good replys both!   I will be bushwacking off a woodsroad and hunting some really nice hardwoods on Sunday. I never see anyone 2 miles back on public ground. I hope to see 5 sets of gobbler tracks in the snow on Sunday. Those jakes will be fine 2 year olds next May and that longbeard that gave me the slip-- I need to walk where he walked after he left with his hens. Fairly easy and hilly 4 miles plus on a Sunday morning and hopefully a ruffed grouse will explode into the air at some point.