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Monty points a grouse
NH Grouse Hunting Update: 10/20/2015
Filed in: 2015 Upland Bird Hunting | Monty | Bode written by: bs
Changing weather conditions for grouse and woodcock hunting these past two days of the bird hunting season. Though both days were quite different from each other, they were both good days for hunting with a good amount of action.
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Tags: grouse hunting, woodcock hunting, Pittsburg NH,

Snowy grouse hunting in northern NH
Snowy Sunday Grouse Hunting
Filed in: 2015 Upland Bird Hunting | Bode written by: bs
Cold one today grouse hunting in northern Pittsburg, NH. Looking for grouse in this weather seems pretty straight forward - get in to the thick stuff (pictured), like evergreens, and they should be there …
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Tags: grouse hunting, Pittsburg, NH

woodcock point in northern NH
NH Grouse Hunting Update: 10/14/2015
Filed in: 2015 Upland Bird Hunting | Monty | Bode written by: bs
What a variety of weather that we have had for prowling the grouse woods this week! Monday was the hottest day of the season, and at 75 degrees and sunny, it felt like a better day to chase the white ball around a golf course than chase grouse through the woods.
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Tags: grouse hunting, woodcock hunting, Pittsburg NH,

Early foliage
Observations
Filed in: 2015 Upland Bird Hunting | Bode | Monty written by: bs
We got a head start on the grouse season by hunting in northern Vermont both mornings last weekend. As in New Hampshire, the foliage hasn't gone through much of a transformation there either, so our bird contacts were mostly relegated to hearing them, instead of actually glimpsing them.
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Tags: grouse hunting, Vermont, fun stuff

Winter grouse hunting in NH
December Days
Filed in: 2014 Upland Bird Hunting | Monty | Rudy | Bode written by: bs
This is the final phase of the grouse hunting season - the dreaded period where there's only grouse to hunt here in New Hampshire's north woods (the woodcock are long gone), and they're usually pretty smart by this time as well, as they have become true survivors of the hunting season.
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Tags: grouse hunting, NH, grouse, Tall Timber Lodge, bird dogs

Monty points a ruffed grouse in NH
NH Grouse Hunting Update: 11/1/2014
Filed in: 2014 Upland Bird Hunting | Monty | Bode | Rudy written by: bs
A tale of two different days these last two days of the grouse hunting season. Yesterday was a tremendous fall day - upper 40s, sunny and little wind, and the birds were cooperating. We moved 37 birds yesterday - 18 grouse and 19 woodcock in New Hampshire's uplands, with many moments of great dog work.
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Tags: grouse hunting, woodcock hunting, Monty, Pittsburg NH, Tall Timber Lodge

NH woodcock hunting
NH Grouse Hunting Update: 10/26/2014
Filed in: 2014 Upland Bird Hunting | Monty | Bode written by: bs
We finally had a nice day yesterday to pursue grouse and woodcock in northern New Hampshire - sunny and in the 50's is a far cry from what the weather had been just a day before (and for most of last week). This would seem to indicate that the birds would be "out and about", happily enjoying the sunshine after a week of rain, right? As we have learned over years of grouse hunting, what we think and what the birds actually do are often not the same, and sometimes not even close.
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Tags: grouse hunting, woodcock hunting, bird dogs, Pittsburg NH, Tall Timber Lodge

NH ruffed grouse hunting
NH Grouse Hunting Update: 10/15/2014
Filed in: 2014 Upland Bird Hunting | Monty | Bode | Rudy written by: bs
Changing conditions for grouse and woodcock hunting here in New Hampshire's north country lately, making it hard sometimes to figure out where they're at. We have still been moving our share of birds, but there's been some work involved for sure.
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Tags: grouse hunting, woodcock hunting, Pittsburg NH,

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Grouse Hunting Season Stats

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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