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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly ...
an account of grouse and woodcock hunting
in northern NH and the NEK of Vermont ...

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Woodcock hunting in Vermont
Two Weeks Away ...
Filed in: 2024 Bird Dog Training written by: bs
So, we are now technically less than two weeks away from the grouse and woodcock hunting season opener in Vermont, and fifteen days from now will be the opener in New Hampshire. My pack is in crunch time for preparation for handling the cover and the birds, so we're getting out there as much as the hot temperatures allow.
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Tags: Rosie, grouse, woodcock, Vermont, New Hampshire

Bode pointing a woodcock
Season Prediction
Filed in: 2024 Bird Dog Training written by: bs
That's Bode yesterday morning, deep in some thick cover, on point. Thankfully, it was a woodcock that he was on, one that let me walk right past it, the way woodcock sometimes do. When I released him from his point, he sprinted right to where the bird would take off from, and hopefully that bird will be around for us to chase in a month or so.
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Tags: New Hampshire, woodcock, grouse, Bode, Rosie

Frost Fire Guide Service turkey hunts
Cast & Blast?
Filed in: 2024 Turkey Hunting written by: bs
When the term "cast and blast" is brought up in casual conversation, a hunter or angler might naturally think of cool, crisp autumn days, spent in pursuit of feathered and finned quarry. Luckily for us, there is a second "cast and blast" season in the spring, and it lasts a bit longer.
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Tags: Vermont, wild turkey, New Hampshire

Frost Fire Guide Service turkey hunts
Close Calls
Filed in: 2024 Turkey Hunting written by: bs
The last ten days have been a mixed bag for my clients and I. Some mornings, the turkeys seem to be everywhere and just as vocal as you could hope for, while others are eerily quiet with barely a gobble.
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Tags: Vermont, wild turkey, New Hampshire

Winter ruffed grouse hunting
They're Back ...
Filed in: 2024 Bird Dog Training | Bella written by: bs
That's Bella, now nearly a year old, on one of our snowshoeing excursions this winter. While this was, without a doubt, the mildest winter we've ever had in northern New Hampshire and Vermont, there were still plenty of days when we were able to get out and explore the winter woods. It kept the dogs in shape, and was beneficial for me to keep the winter blues at bay.
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Tags: woodcock, New Hampshire

Winter ruffed grouse hunting
Final Bird
Filed in: 2023 Bird Hunting | Rosie written by: bs
That's my client Scott, and the final grouse taken of our season, with the aid of Rosie on Saturday. She had a particularly staunch point on this bird, and when it flushed close by from underneath a blowdown, it offered a great chance at a shot for Scott. He made it, and we had our final bird on the tote board for the year, and a nice reward for Rosie's efforts.
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Tags: ruffed grouse, New Hampshire

Winter ruffed grouse hunting
Winter
Filed in: 2023 Bird Hunting | Bella | Rocky written by: bs
On the hibernal solstice, my pack and I decided to go out for some late season "winter" grouse hunting today. Actually, we have been out in the woods each of the last three days, after the drenching rain and warm weather we had back on Monday. That day alone melted a substantial amount of the snow we had built up to that point in the season, allowing us to pursue grouse once again.
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Tags: ruffed grouse, New Hampshire

Ruffed grouse hunting in winter
2023 Grouse Guiding Season In Review
Filed in: 2023 Bird Hunting written by: bs
Our sixteenth grouse hunting guiding season is in the rearview mirror, and it's time to take stock of what just transpired. As many of us in northern New Hampshire and Vermont suspected, it was one of the tougher autumns we've had for grouse-finding success, but thankfully the resident and migrating woodcock provided plenty of excitement for the hunters in October.
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Tags: ruffed grouse, woodcock, Vermont, New Hampshire

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Grouse Hunting Season Stats

2024: 189.0 Hours
VT Hours: 68.5
NH Hours: 120.5
VT Birds Moved: 171
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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