Frost Fire's Grouse Hunting
"Partridge Blog"

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly ...
an account of grouse and woodcock hunting
in northern NH and the NEK of Vermont ...

Frost Fire Guide Service turkey hunts
Learning Opportunities
Filed in: 2024 Turkey Hunting written by: bs
There are a lot of things that sometimes have to go right in attempting to harvest ole Tom. To decoy or not to decoy? Is your setup a good one? Did you leave yourself good sight lines and shooting lanes to get a makable shot on a longbeard? These are just a few of the things that make hunting for wild turkeys challenging but immensely rewarding when it all works out.
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Tags: Vermont, wild turkey

Frost Fire Guide Service turkey hunts
Early Season
Filed in: 2024 Turkey Hunting written by: bs
We're two days in to the spring turkey hunting seasons in Vermont and New Hampshire, and it's been a bit of a challenge so far. The weather, in short, has not cooperated to this point, as we have had our share of low pressure (showery yesterday and thunderstorms early this morning) fronts moving through the last two days.
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Tags: Vermont, wild turkey

Winter ruffed grouse hunting
They're Back ...
Filed in: 2024 Bird Dog Training | Bella written by: bs
That's Bella, now nearly a year old, on one of our snowshoeing excursions this winter. While this was, without a doubt, the mildest winter we've ever had in northern New Hampshire and Vermont, there were still plenty of days when we were able to get out and explore the winter woods. It kept the dogs in shape, and was beneficial for me to keep the winter blues at bay.
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Tags: woodcock, New Hampshire

Winter ruffed grouse hunting
Final Bird
Filed in: 2023 Bird Hunting | Rosie written by: bs
That's my client Scott, and the final grouse taken of our season, with the aid of Rosie on Saturday. She had a particularly staunch point on this bird, and when it flushed close by from underneath a blowdown, it offered a great chance at a shot for Scott. He made it, and we had our final bird on the tote board for the year, and a nice reward for Rosie's efforts.
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Tags: ruffed grouse, New Hampshire

Winter ruffed grouse hunting
Winter
Filed in: 2023 Bird Hunting | Bella | Rocky written by: bs
On the hibernal solstice, my pack and I decided to go out for some late season "winter" grouse hunting today. Actually, we have been out in the woods each of the last three days, after the drenching rain and warm weather we had back on Monday. That day alone melted a substantial amount of the snow we had built up to that point in the season, allowing us to pursue grouse once again.
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Tags: ruffed grouse, New Hampshire

Ruffed grouse hunting
First Seasons
Filed in: 2023 Bird Hunting | Bella | Rocky written by: bs
Perhaps the most important hunting season in a puppy's development is the first fall, where they learn to love the woods and form a partnership with their owner/hunter that will last the remainder of its life. Running hard and complying with commands are two of my objectives with young pups in their first year, and Rocky and Bella (pictured above), my pups from Rosie's litter last spring, had a good first season in respects to what we hoped to achieve.
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Tags: ruffed grouse, woodcock

Ruffed grouse hunting in winter
2023 Grouse Guiding Season In Review
Filed in: 2023 Bird Hunting written by: bs
Our sixteenth grouse hunting guiding season is in the rearview mirror, and it's time to take stock of what just transpired. As many of us in northern New Hampshire and Vermont suspected, it was one of the tougher autumns we've had for grouse-finding success, but thankfully the resident and migrating woodcock provided plenty of excitement for the hunters in October.
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Tags: ruffed grouse, woodcock, Vermont, New Hampshire

Ruffed grouse hunting in Vermont
VT Grouse Hunting Update: 11/9
Filed in: 2023 Bird Hunting written by: bs
That's Shawn (L) and Bruce (R) this morning, with Bruce's grouse that he shot after a staunch point from Millie. For the first time in a long time, everything went exactly as we plan when we think of grouse hunting scenarios.
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Tags: ruffed grouse, woodcock, Vermont

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Grouse Hunting Season Stats

2023: 222.5 Hours
VT Hours: 65.5
NH Hours: 157.0
VT Birds Moved: 143
NH Birds Moved: 430
Birds Taken:
14 Grouse (VT - 4, NH - 10)
43 Woodcock (VT - 7, NH - 36)

2022: 123.0 Hours
VT Hours: 49.5
NH Hours: 73.5
VT Birds Moved: 96
NH Birds Moved: 178
Birds Taken:
11 Grouse (VT - 5, NH - 6)
6 Woodcock (VT - 2, NH - 4)

2021: 193.5 Hours
VT Hours: 66.0
NH Hours: 127.5
VT Birds Moved: 226
NH Birds Moved: 427
Birds Taken:
36 Grouse
21 Woodcock

2020: 199.5 Hours
VT Hours: 36.0
NH Hours: 163.5
VT Birds Moved: 77
NH Birds Moved: 552
Birds Taken:
24 Grouse
21 Woodcock

2019: 184.5 Hours
VT Hours: 28.0
NH Hours: 156.5
VT Birds Moved: 65
NH Birds Moved: 509
Birds Taken:
14 Grouse
29 Woodcock

2018: 144.0 Hours
VT Hours: 32.0
NH Hours: 112.0
VT Birds Moved: 114
NH Birds Moved: 417
Birds Taken:
18 Grouse
12 Woodcock

2017: 180.5 Hours
VT Hours: 44
NH Hours: 136.5
VT Birds moved: 110
NH Birds moved: 407
Birds Taken:
23 Grouse
24 Woodcock

2016: 178 Hours
Birds moved: 563
Birds/Hr Avg.: 3.16

Birds Taken:
23 Grouse
30 Woodcock

2015: 202.0 Hours
Birds moved: 607
Birds/Hr Avg.: 3.0

Birds Taken:
18 grouse
26 woodcock

2014: 138.0 hours
Birds moved: 350
Birds/hr. Avg.: 2.53

Birds Taken:
17 grouse
17 woodcock

2013: 152 Hours
Birds moved: 480
Birds/hr. Avg.: 3.15

Birds Taken:
20 grouse
27 woodcock

2012: 114 Hours
Birds moved: 526
Birds /Hr Avg.: 4.61

Birds Taken:
22 grouse
4 woodcock

2011: 161 Hours
Birds moved: 522
Birds / Hr Avg.: 3.24

Birds Taken:
34 grouse
21 woodcock

2010: 139.5 Hours
Birds moved: 430
Birds / Hr Avg.: 3.08

Birds Taken:
26 grouse
21 woodcock

2009: 93.5 Hours
Birds moved: 307
Birds / Hr Avg.: 3.28

Birds Taken:
16 grouse
14 woodcock

2008: 82.5 Hours
Birds moved: 188
Birds / Hr Avg.: 2.27

Birds Taken:
10 grouse
5 woodcock

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