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Northern NH ruffed grouse hunting
NH Grouse Hunting Update: 10/11
Filed in: 2012 Upland Bird Hunting | Monty | Greta written by: bs
Today was also very windy, so that was something new for us this season and usually means skittish grouse. That was partially true, as about half of the grouse that we encountered often were off like a flash when they saw us or heard the tinkle of Monty’s bell.
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Tags: grouse hunting, woodcock hunting, , Pittsburg NH

Woodcock hunting in northern NH
NH Grouse Hunting Update: 10/9
Filed in: 2012 Upland Bird Hunting | Monty | Rudy written by: bs
Great day yesterday in the uplands - in fact, probably my best ever since those days when I was in high school cruising the woods in search of grouse with my brothers. It started right from the beginning too - we started moving woodcock immediately, with Monty making several good points.
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Tags: grouse hunting, woodcock hunting, Pittsburg NH, Tall Timber Lodge

NH ruffed grouse hunting
NH Grouse Hunting Update: 10/4
Filed in: 2012 Upland Bird Hunting | Monty written by: bs
So the first few days of grouse and woodcock hunting are in the book, and in one word it’s been WET. We have a low pressure system that seems to want to stay around us over the last few days, so it’s been a challenge for man and dog alike.
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Tags: NH, grouse hunting, bird dogs, Tall Timber Lodge

Fall foliage in northern NH
Grouse Scouting Update: 9/24
Filed in: 2012 Bird Dog Training written by: bs
Beautiful day out there today - the leaves are changing as you read this, insuring some brilliant outings in the days ahead. Not much leaf drop yet, so we’re hearing the grouse as they escape, and rarely viewing them in the act. Still seeing broods now and then, so the fall dispersal is still probably a couple weeks away.
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Tags: grouse , woodcock, NH, Vermont

Rudy on point in Vermont
Land Of Plenty
Filed in: 2012 Bird Dog Training | Rudy | Monty written by: bs
That’s Rudy pointing a grouse from earlier this week - they’re already starting to run too, as we caught up with this one about 40 yards down a hill from us. We’ve been out for scouting sessions several mornings this week, before the coolness burns off and it starts feeling like summer again. Temps are okay until about 10 A.M., then starts heating rapidly after that.
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Tags: grouse, woodcock, Vermont

Spring woodcock point
Spring Training
Filed in: 2012 Bird Dog Training | Monty written by: bs
We’ve been seeing lots of birds lately, so it appears as though they had a mild and pleasant winter, like the rest of us. There’s been birds crossing roads, both on foot and through the air, apparently excited to finally have some spring.
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Tags: grouse, woodcock, NH, Vermont, spring

Monty grouse point
A Christmas Tale
Filed in: Perspectives | Monty written by: bs
This is a long one, but well worth reading if you own a hunting dog.
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Tags: grouse hunting, Vermont

Greta on point
Old Dogs & Old Tricks
Filed in: 2011 Upland Bird Hunting | Greta | Rudy | Monty written by: bs
Even though Greta’s getting up there in age (9 1/2 years) and doesn’t move around the way she once used to, she still has a pretty good nose for grouse.
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Tags: grouse hunting, Vermont

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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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