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Scouting Continues

08/16/2019 Filed in: 2019 Bird Dog Training | Bode | Rosie written by: bs

A ruffed grouse tail feather - a good find when you're out there wandering in the woods looking for them. There's a dichotomy though. While you've obviously found a section of grouse woods that grouse (at least sometimes) like to call home, tail feathers don't fall out easily. Perhaps a hawk or owl got this one, or one of the many ground predators that also love grouse.

Same Old, Same Old

07/25/2019 Filed in: 2019 Bird Dog Training | Bode written by: bs

Bode (above) and Rosie finally started their woods training today in Vermont, in search of grouse and woodcock to sharpen their skills on. Both dogs had good sessions in our limited time out there this morning (only 1.5 hours, due to rising temperatures), as they contacted eight birds (one grouse and seven woodcock) in their runs.

Monty locks down a grouse in northern VT

VT Grouse Hunting Update: 11/3/2018

11/03/2018 Filed in: 2018 Upland Bird Hunting | Monty | Bode written by: bs

The approaching muzzleloader season for deer in New Hampshire has meant a shift to our grouse covers in northern Vermont, and the hunting has been pretty good the last two days, although they were rain shortened sessions each day. The good news is that the areas that we were hunting were huge, which allowed us to put in some long half days of hunting - four hours or more in each spot.

NH Grouse & Woodcock Hunting Update: 10/29/2018

10/29/2018 Filed in: 2018 Upland Bird Hunting | Rosie | Bode written by: bs

The beat goes on up here in northern New Hampshire's grouse woods. The hunting has had its moments over the last few days, but this has been the most challenging period of the season so far, mostly due to our wintry weather conditions. It was unseasonably cold last week, with high temps in the 30's most days, and very brisk winds to boot. While the conditions didn't seem to bother the dogs too much, it made it difficult on us hunters.

NH Grouse & Woodcock Hunting Update: 10/24/2018

10/24/2018 Filed in: 2018 Upland Bird Hunting | Monty | Bode written by: bs

We are definitely now in the "second phase" of the grouse hunting season. Gone are the leaves that hid the grouse and woodcock so completely just two weeks ago and now the cover has opened up to a great extent. We're getting some good looks and semi-clean shots at fast escaping grouse and woodcock, but they are the survivors of the first few weeks, and tend not to linger too long when approached too closely by hunters or dogs.

The woodcock hunting has been good in Pittsburg NH

The Bird Hunting Has Been "Hot"

10/11/2018 Filed in: 2018 Upland Bird Hunting | Monty | Bode | Rosie written by: bs

First off, the grouse and woodcock hunting has been pretty good, let's say better than average, so far in 2018, but the hunting was also literally "hot" the last two days. Our hottest temperatures of the month in fact, and while it took its toll on us hunters and the dogs that actually do all of the work, it didn't seem to affect the bird hunting too much.

One More Week

09/23/2018 Filed in: 2018 Bird Dog Training | Bode written by: bs

The grouse hunting season opener in New Hampshire is merely seven days away now, while Vermont is only five days away. Needless to say, the dogs are excited to get out there for the real thing - enough of the "dress rehearsal" stuff that they've had to endure for the last couple of months.

What About the Woodcock?

10/31/2017 Filed in: 2017 Upland Bird Hunting | Bode written by: bs

This has certainly been one of the strangest upland bird hunting seasons that I can remember, and the prime culprit for this has been our unpredictable weather. Don't get me wrong, autumn weather in northern New England is a chancy proposition at best, but this year it seems that it has been unusually abnormal. This weather has had some consequences for us, so we've had to try to adapt to what mother nature has thrown us.

2024: 190.5 Hours VT Hours: 70.0 NH Hours: 120.5 VT Birds Moved: 172 NH Birds Moved: 389 Birds Taken: 24 Grouse (VT - 7, NH - 17) 41 Woodcock (VT - 12, NH - 29)	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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Scouting Continues

Same Old, Same Old

VT Grouse Hunting Update: 11/3/2018

NH Grouse & Woodcock Hunting Update: 10/29/2018

NH Grouse & Woodcock Hunting Update: 10/24/2018

The Bird Hunting Has Been "Hot"

One More Week

What About the Woodcock?

Grouse Hunting Season Stats

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Grouse Hunting Season Stats

Frost Fire's Grouse Hunting
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