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Jon and Tom earned their birds on this day of grouse hunting

Rainy Day Hunting

10/13/2020 Filed in: 2020 Upland Bird Hunting | Rosie written by: bs

Weather plays a massive role in whether a grouse hunt will be successful or not. Too hot, too much wind, not enough wind, too dry, whatever it is, there's a bunch of factors that can combine to confound a successful hunt. Today's weather had dire warnings of major rain coming, and we knew that we had a narrow window to get our hunt in.

Changing Seasons

10/11/2020 Filed in: 2020 Upland Bird Hunting | Rosie written by: bs

A tale of two completely different days for grouse hunting in northern New Hampshire this weekend, due entirely to the vastly different weather we had on successive days. Both days were good in their own ways, but I'll take Sunday morning's weather every time.

A Week in the Books

10/09/2020 Filed in: 2020 Upland Bird Hunting written by: bs

Finally, a rare day off from the grouse woods today. Much needed for myself and primarily the dogs - they have worked hard every day so far and were definitely ready for a little rest. They'll be back at it tomorrow, and quite a lot more over the next month or so. The day off allowed me some reflection on the season so far and what we have to look forward to in the coming weeks.

NH Grouse Hunting Update: 10/7

10/07/2020 Filed in: 2020 Upland Bird Hunting | Rosie written by: bs

Sometimes everything falls right - the conditions are perfect, the dog work is spot on, and the birds are flying, sometimes cooperatively for my clients. Every now and then we have a special day, and today falls in to the "memorable" category.

Opening Week

10/05/2020 Filed in: 2020 Grouse Hunting | Rosie | Bode | Monty written by: bs

The grouse season is underway here in northern New Hampshire, and it has been what we thought it would be, at least to this point. In short, there have been many more grouse contacts than woodcock, and though sporadic at times, the action has been steady most days.

Final Session

12/30/2019 Filed in: 2019 Upland Bird Hunting | Bode written by: bs

The 2019 New Hampshire and Vermont grouse hunting seasons are nearly over now. Only one day left to pursue partridge, in the hopes of having one or two of them over as dinner guests. My pack and I have been out a few times in the past week, with mostly nothing to show for our efforts.

Peaceful, Easy Feeling

12/18/2019 Filed in: 2019 Upland Bird Hunting | Rosie written by: bs

While the Eagles aren't my favorite band (though Joe Walsh and Don Felder were great guitarists), their song title pretty well sums up how it was out there in the grouse woods of northern New Hampshire today. It was very peaceful as a matter of fact - not a sound to be heard, about 25 degrees with very little wind, and a perfect day to be out following bird dogs once again.

Tracks

12/03/2019 Filed in: 2019 Upland Bird Hunting

Ahhh ... winter grouse hunting. While it's not the easiest of the seasons of grouse hunting here in northern New Hampshire, it can be rewarding at times. The birds, when you find them, are often in groups as they are are usually sharing a food source or heavy cover to get out of the winter weather. There's also not many, if any, other hunters out there. Those are two of the positive aspects of grouse hunting in the winter. Unfortunately, there's a few drawbacks to this part of the season as well.

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

FROST FIRE GUIDE SERVICE

FROST FIRE GUIDE SERVICE

Frost Fire's Grouse Hunting
"Partridge Blog"

Rainy Day Hunting

Changing Seasons

A Week in the Books

NH Grouse Hunting Update: 10/7

Opening Week

Final Session

Peaceful, Easy Feeling

Tracks

Grouse Hunting Season Stats

Frost Fire's Grouse Hunting"Partridge Blog"

Grouse Hunting Season Stats

Frost Fire's Grouse Hunting
"Partridge Blog"