limeyangler Posted September 23, 2014 Report Posted September 23, 2014 Hi all, Went out this morning with my buddy for my first ever hunt for grouse on the way to our fishing hole. Got a nice spruce hen and some chunky walleye. Not a bad first shot me thinks, clean head shot!
misfish Posted September 23, 2014 Report Posted September 23, 2014 clean head shot! What head? LMAO Thats the way, ah huh ah huh I like it. Nice Simon.
MJL Posted September 23, 2014 Report Posted September 23, 2014 Head shot! That's quite possibly the most epic hunting picture I've ever seen Simon.LOL Nice walleye too!
highdrifter Posted September 23, 2014 Report Posted September 23, 2014 Cool! Any video of said head getting peppered?!?!
Beavertail Posted September 23, 2014 Report Posted September 23, 2014 Walleye and grouse....what a great combo, looks like a fun outing. That's some good shooting (and a tight choke too!) I'm sure the grouse didn't know what hit her!
kickingfrog Posted September 23, 2014 Report Posted September 23, 2014 Like a bush chicken with its head blowed off.
Joeytier Posted September 23, 2014 Report Posted September 23, 2014 Spruce grouse and huuuge walleye...looks like a blast
spincast Posted September 23, 2014 Report Posted September 23, 2014 them's some nice slimy specimens. Easy to see why you're holding the first one by the legs.... nice goin'
phiphntek Posted September 24, 2014 Report Posted September 24, 2014 very cool ... bush surf and turf kinda
limeyangler Posted September 24, 2014 Author Report Posted September 24, 2014 (edited) Thanks for the replies guys, it was quite the experience. I have to confess that the blood and guts has put me off eating it a bit, and the meat smelled like a cross between a farts and liver, farts I can handle….LIVER?……EEEEWWWW! Anyhoo surf and turf supper tonight and I'm gonna try making 'chicken fingers', will let ya know how they turned out. I will get used to the gore, I felt the same way when I first started to clean and eat walleye. Cool! Any video of said head getting peppered?!?! Sorry HD, only got video of a few of the walleyes we caught. We had only just got out of the truck and I was taking a waz when the darn thing flew right over my head and landed 20 feet away……went back to the truck, grabbed the shotgun and a shell…..forgot to put me Gopro on ……walked over to it in the blueberry patch….WHAM! Walleye and grouse....what a great combo, looks like a fun outing. That's some good shooting (and a tight choke too!) I'm sure the grouse didn't know what hit her! Modified choke I think, i was pretty close to it though. Edited September 24, 2014 by limeyangler
Roy Posted September 24, 2014 Report Posted September 24, 2014 Only a red and a blue wire Simon...should be easy to reconnect.
misfish Posted September 24, 2014 Report Posted September 24, 2014 Step on the wings and pull the legs Simon. Easy as that.
Roy Posted September 24, 2014 Report Posted September 24, 2014 Brian, he wants to eat it, not resuscitate it.
dave524 Posted September 24, 2014 Report Posted September 24, 2014 Thanks for the replies guys, it was quite the experience. I have to confess that the blood and guts has put me off eating it a bit, and the meat smelled like a cross between a farts and liver, farts I can handle….LIVER?……EEEEWWWW! You'll find that the Ruffed Grouse are better table fare than the Spruce Grouse , especially later in the season. The Ruffs have white meat. An accurate 22 rimfire is a good choice if your shots are close range head shots, less messy too.
bare foot wader Posted September 24, 2014 Report Posted September 24, 2014 you can soak the spruce breasts in baking soda and water to help with the gamey taste...ruffled are definitely better awesome description of smelling the guts, I tried describing to a new hunter, I said dirty socks and cheetos lol
limeyangler Posted September 24, 2014 Author Report Posted September 24, 2014 Step on the wings and pull the legs Simon. Easy as that. Yup, works like a charm every time, gruesome…but quick and effective. Brian, he wants to eat it, not resuscitate it. Yeah, and with the head gone mouth to beak was out of the question too. You'll find that the Ruffed Grouse are better table fare than the Spruce Grouse , especially later in the season. The Ruffs have white meat. An accurate 22 rimfire is a good choice if your shots are close range head shots, less messy too. Yeah, had both before, just never shot my own of either species. you can soak the spruce breasts in baking soda and water to help with the gamey taste...ruffled are definitely better awesome description of smelling the guts, I tried describing to a new hunter, I said dirty socks and cheetos lol Will keep that in mind, handy tip. I don't actually mind the gamey taste, the litmus test is whether my boy will eat it.
lookinforwalleye Posted September 24, 2014 Report Posted September 24, 2014 Deer slug will sure stop a grouse....
Canuck2fan Posted September 24, 2014 Report Posted September 24, 2014 Yeah the grouse definitely died of lead poisoning to the head... Nice fish also.
limeyangler Posted September 24, 2014 Author Report Posted September 24, 2014 VIDEO OF SOME FISH FROM YESTERDAY
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