What birds?

[DesONeile]

The cost of shooting grouse is prohibitive in the U.K. so apart from counting I only get involved with grouse when competing in Trials. I mainly shoot pheasants snipe and a few woodcock over the Pointers. I have looked through a lot of the posts in the "Upland" section and a lot of the photos in the Hunt101 galleries.Exactly what type of gtouse you cousins get to shoot? If you could say what State you are in it would be more meaningful to me.

[DesONeile]

"gtouse" = "grouse"

[BlueNorther]

Where do I begin? ;D

I'm in Alberta,Canada and we have an extensive list of native and introduced game birds

Ruffed Grouse
Blue Grouse
Franklins Grouse
Sharptail Grouse
Lesser&Greater Prairie Chicken
Sage Grouse
Pinated Grouse
Willow Ptarmigan

Those are all the native ones and I believe I missed one,another ptarmigan I think.

Introduced game birds

Ringneck Pheasant
Gray or Hungarian Partridge
Chukar Partridge

[GoTres]

We have very few of the Atwater's Prairie Chicken, but they're on the endandered list. I think there are less than 100 left in the wild so you can imagine the penalties for shooting one. They'd probably throw you under the jail for just thinking about it.

I wish I had birds like Blue is talking about. I hear of folks going out and shooting a mixed bag. That would be cool.

[DesONeile]

Yes a big prairie, a sound dog and a mixed bag. I could go a bit of that alright.

[hunt4fun1]

Wow...good post.

PRETTY much, here, it's all about the dove, the quail and the pheasant if you are lucky enough to know someone that owns property in West Texas.

[hunt4fun1]

And some introduced chukar....thanks Blue.

[Jeremy]

I have the same types of Blue. I harvest alot more ruffed then anyothers. I harvest a few blues every year.

[Shorthair]

Here in Georgia we used to be known for our abundant bobwhite quail. We still have them but not enough for me to even justify keeping a pointer anymore. Of course we have dove, local and migratory. I hear there are grouse in North Georgia but all the years I owned a bird dog I never made it up there to see for my self.

[Lariat]

I grew up in north west La. I hunted quail from the age of 9. By my mid 20s I couldn't find enough to keep my dogs trained. I miss quail hunting more than anything I've hunted since. I'd give up all other hunting for a good pair of lewellen setters & a place full of birds. Nothing beats watching a good pair of dogs work for you. Just thinking about it makes me Oh for the old days.

[REO]

In our part of OK, we have Bobs and Pheasants.

We head to the panhandle several times a season, there we can get a grand slam! Bobs, BLues, Chickens and Pheasant!

Oklahoma also has three species of Turkeys!

Phil
REO