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bouldersmith
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Blue Grouse
#386978 - 29/09/24 01:11 AM

Gorgeous this time of year in the Colorado mountains. Tucker and I took a short walk last night, moved two grouse, the first of which was in the canopy before I got a shot off, the second one I connected on.

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Re: Blue Grouse [Re: bouldersmith]
#386981 - 29/09/24 02:09 AM

GREAT "shot"!

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Re: Blue Grouse [Re: DarylS]
#386985 - 29/09/24 03:21 AM

Always fun, taking the gun and dog for a walk.

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Re: Blue Grouse [Re: NitroX]
#387682 - 13/11/24 04:41 PM

thats an ideal reference for making a hunting painting, maybe turning the grouse to the side so its better to see.

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Re: Blue Grouse [Re: lancaster]
#387691 - 13/11/24 08:13 PM

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thats an ideal reference for making a hunting painting, maybe turning the grouse to the side so its better to see.

Lovely painting. I'd love paintings of my dogs, past and present.

That's a good mixed bag. One hare, two pheasant, one woodcock, one pigeon or partridge (?), two grouse.
That would be a good day out and a nice bag at the end of the day.

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Edited by NitroX (15/11/24 06:04 PM)

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DarylS
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Re: Blue Grouse [Re: NitroX]
#387702 - 14/11/24 11:01 AM

That's the biggest woodcock I've ever seen, BTW.
Used to shoot them in the cedar (semi)swamps back in Southern Ontario.
The eat just fine.

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bouldersmith
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Re: Blue Grouse [Re: DarylS]
#387828 - 24/11/24 04:50 AM

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That's the biggest woodcock I've ever seen, BTW.

The Eurasian variety is much larger than ours here in North America, up to a 26" wing span

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_woodcock

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Re: Blue Grouse [Re: bouldersmith]
#387829 - 24/11/24 06:40 AM

WOW - no wonder they are or were so popular for shooting in England.
Our snipe, which look so similar to woodcock, are even smaller.
I put 27 Snipe (1 shot with 2ounces of 8 1/2's) breasts on a patter in our large microwave (long time ago) setting the timer for 5 minutes.
When the bell went off, I took them out, 27 small 1" diameter black stones. Too long in the NUKE I think?
The snipe were all on a little hump of black mud sticking out of the lake, near shore. The pattern covered the whole mud lump from side to side.
2 or maybe 3 birds flew away, unscathed. They must have been just under the top on the other side.

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