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NH Grouse Hunting Update: 10/11

10/11/2023 Filed in: 2023 Bird Hunting | Bode written by: bs

Two more good days in the books, this time in the New Hampshire uplands, with my client Guy. Great temps for hunting, topping out in the low 50's, perfect weather for pointing dogs to work in and they've made the most of it in their time out there.

Cooling Off

10/09/2023 Filed in: 2023 Bird Hunting | Rosie written by: bs

A refreshing change in the weather lately, as the warm weather we dealt with last week has given way to more seasonal temps this week - mid 50's today, and it started nicely this morning in the 40's. There was also a healthy breeze coming out of the southeast today, and we attempted to hunt the dogs in to that wind as much as possible.

Tags: ruffed grouse, Vermont,

Leaves

10/06/2023 Filed in: 2023 Bird Hunting written by: bs

It may not seem like it the last few days, especially with the unseasonably hot weather that we've had to put up with, but there are some subtle changes occurring in the grouse woods right now. The impenetrable canopy of leaves that we always deal with during the early part of the grouse and woodcock seasons in New Hampshire and Vermont is slowly coming apart.

Hot Stuff

10/03/2023 Filed in: 2023 Bird Hunting | Millie written by: bs

We're a few days in to the grouse and woodcock seasons in New Hampshire and Vermont, and in one word, it's been "HOT". Not in the good way, either. The temperatures have been far too hot these first four days that we've been out (Saturday in Vermont, and the last three days in NH), getting up to the mid-seventy degrees Fahrenheit by early afternoon.

Broken

12/16/2022 Filed in: 2022 Upland Bird Hunting | Rosie written by: bs

It's the end of the line for the grouse hunting season for my pack and I, but to reinforce the point, it's also the end for my 20 gauge shotgun. You can never tell if there's ice under that snow ...

Tags: ruffed grouse, Vermont

December Birds

12/12/2022 Filed in: 2022 Upland Bird Hunting | Bode | Millie written by: bs

Late season grouse hunting. It can be feast or, far more often, famine, for us late season grouse hunters. There are fewer birds at this time of the season, and those that we find seem to be well versed in the art of concealment and escape, but every now and then one goes up a little too close and becomes a much desired dinner guest. Bode admired this bird after first tracking it, and then retrieving it after it flushed beside me. A "reflex shot" later, it became another victim of the 28 gauge.

Tags: ruffed grouse, New Hampshire

Wiped Out

11/16/2022 Filed in: 2022 Upland Bird Hunting written by: bs

Our final grouse hunting trips of the season concluded yesterday, barring a sudden warmup in December, and we're glad to be out of the woods for the time being. Myself and the dogs are physically spent, and the grouse hunting itself has been difficult lately. We just haven't been moving as many birds as we usually do, even though we were hunting prototypical "grouse cover" for the weather conditions that we had to deal with.

Tags: ruffed grouse, New Hampshire

Boot Leather

11/12/2022 Filed in: 2022 Upland Bird Hunting | Rosie written by: bs

One thing about ruffed grouse hunting: without a doubt, a comfortable pair of boots is perhaps the most important piece of apparel we go to the field with. Without good boots, our hours spent chasing birds would be for naught, as we would struggle mightily to navigate the rocky ridge tops and soggy lowlands that grouse prefer to call home. Fortunately, Jeanne and Harvey (above) had good boots, because we walked at least 14 miles in our two days of hunting together.

Tags: ruffed grouse, woodcock, Vermont

2024: 193.0 Hours VT Hours: 70.0 NH Hours: 123.0 VT Birds Moved: 172 NH Birds Moved: 390 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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NH Grouse Hunting Update: 10/11

Cooling Off

Leaves

Hot Stuff

Broken

December Birds

Wiped Out

Boot Leather

Grouse Hunting Season Stats

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Grouse Hunting Season Stats

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