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Post by bigugly on Oct 18, 2006 21:25:23 GMT -5
Forgot to take pictures as we have got so many over the years but got 7 last week at the cabin with my Dad. Stayed for two days. Saw 12 birds missed two apiece but still have a nice dinner. Going to have them with my Grandparents. They will really enjoy it. Gradpas 91 grandmas 89 he can't hunt anymore so we always try to share his favorite birds with them. Amazing to have them both still in my life, they've been married for longer than alot of people live. (72 years in May of this year)
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Post by hornharvester on Oct 19, 2006 7:34:33 GMT -5
congratulations on your birds. enjoy sharing those birds with your family. h.h.
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Post by jackc99 on Oct 19, 2006 8:49:51 GMT -5
I have some friends headed towards Canada next week to deer hunt. They skip the grouse hunting which I dearly love otherwise I'd go with them. I saw a grouse here in Indiana last year. Yup, one.
Jack
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Oct 19, 2006 8:53:44 GMT -5
Must be nice! Congrats.
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 19, 2006 8:54:04 GMT -5
.............. I saw a grouse here in Indiana last year. Yup, one. Jack Do you think he is still around?  |
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Post by birddog on Oct 19, 2006 10:04:59 GMT -5
Jack,
I actually saw 6 grouse on my land back,.. oh my a couple months ago I guess now.They actually flew up out of the same area,at first I thought that they were young turkeys but I did get a very good look at them and they were grouse.Then about two weeks later I jumped another pair not far from where I saw the first ones.We do see some down there from time to time but I decided not to pursue them because they're just not enough around here to hunt.
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Post by hornharvester on Oct 19, 2006 12:01:09 GMT -5
The only grouse ive ever saw in Indiana was a Patoka Resevoir. Saw one two years in a row. h.h.
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Post by mbogo on Oct 19, 2006 12:46:02 GMT -5
This is the first year in several that I haven't seen at least one while deer hunting yet, but I haven't been hunting the thick areas with better grouse habitat yet.
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Post by TagTeamHunter on Oct 19, 2006 14:26:19 GMT -5
Congrats ... WOW 72 years ... Hey the key to a long marriage ... A lot of hunting!  |
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Post by bigugly on Oct 19, 2006 21:04:47 GMT -5
My granparents came from a very small poor town in central Ontario and a lot of hunting not only kept them together it kept them eating. I have no regrerts when I say this but my gradfather use to harvest lots of deer out of season in the WW2 years to keep families fed that had lost Husbands and Fathers. The local Warden knew he was doing it but never said a thing except make sure it won't go to waste and spread it around. Grandpa always felt quilty that he could not go overseas as he ran a logging concern and was deemed more important here than overseas. In the off logging season he would go to troop training facilities and train recruits marksmenship but that was it. I think this is how he made it up to all the friends he lost during the war.
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 19, 2006 21:23:36 GMT -5
Whole lot different times then wasn't it?
Hunting was looked on as food gathering.
Thanks for sharing..
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Post by hornharvester on Oct 21, 2006 21:23:51 GMT -5
Back then it wasn't about horns at all it was about protein. h.h.
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