A Winter Grouse Hunt

Late season ruffed grouse hunting in Michigan, just prior to the late season closure

[@SteelTiiTan]

Really enjoy your grouse hunting videos!! Would love to see more small game/bird hunting!

[@mikeandjill00]

Great Job ,Very little Grouse videos out there. Perfect day , I hope my yellow lab does as good as yours! but his Dad isn't the best shot! Ty

[@dieselbizkets4271]

your a wicked shot! great video!

[@gatlinkarvonen9690]

I really don't get why ground pounding is considered un-sportsmanlike? Usually when you hit them in the air the meat is full of pellets. Shooting them on the ground you can usually get headshots and save almost all the meat. Plus the dogs don't do all the work. That's just my 2 cents though it actually seems very fun to hunt with dogs. Just not for me, too loud. I like walking an old two track and just keep my eyes on the trail and under the ferns or in trees.

[@hermit6208]

I would say that historically much of the upland game hunting, especially with dogs, is drawn from our English friends. Upland game enthusiasts have always had a 'sporting' mindset, as the English did, where there were certain rules for hunting that were followed, and that taking a bird in the air was the proper way of giving the bird a sporting chance. You know? I read a book on ruffed grouse hunting when I was a teen where the author wrote that those who took part in ''groundlooping' or shooting treed birds should be 'hung up by their unmentionables.' My dad always got a kick out of that word, 'unmentionables.' And the mindset, too. We took them to eat, at the end of the day. Michigan looks nice. I am in Indiana, and I am getting back this fall to ruffed grouse, either in the U.P. of MI, or back in New England. My dad had English Setters, and I'll tell you brother, you don't realize how many birds were going to let you walk right by until you've hunted with a good dog.

[@SwampDonkey530]

Looked like a blast JB, nice to get out by yourself sometimes.

[@notagrd]

Dogs havin a blast 🍺

[@happykal11]

grouse hunting with a dog. Subscribed Can't wait for this season, I spent more time last year hunting moose than I did working birds with my dog.

[@jamesness7142]

Dang this way different then up here in Montana we use .22's and 28 gauges and usually cant get them to flush I actually had to hit one with a stick to flush em. We also just shoot em on the ground

[@SweetBunny-dg1qd]

You're dog makes me laugh :D

[@3BCoastalDuckin]

Are you using a GoPro? If so, the video would be even better on a medium field of view setting. The fish eye effect would go away, and you could probably see the birds. Nice footage and shooting. I liked and subbed.

[@outdoorrn2980]

No self respecting grouse hunter follows a bird busting lab....I mean come'on….. :/…

[@waikarimoana]

Good work mate and nice video.

[@dominicpalermo8069]

I enjoyed your video excellent shooting. Looks like you pulled an auto out of the truck and returned an auto back in the case however in the video you were shooting an over and under

[@UnderFortyYards]

Once again guys great video. I can't think of anything better to do in the woods than grouse hunt.

[@jasonnelson8722]

You know it Gonzo we haven't went out bird swatting together in a couple years.

[@PanamaSticks]

Fantastic video. Good shooting and what a dog!

[@oxmanMR2]

That Last shot was great where the sapling stopped your swing but you still lifted over and followed up. damn I gotta get to michigan this year. If you had that good of a hunt late in the year, I can only imagine what its like opening week...

[@kylealexander3841]

It's too thick early in the season too much cover you can't see them when flushed

[@gatlinkarvonen9690]

Nice video, I hunt grouse but don't have a dog so you kinda gotta do the work yourself.

[@derpycrow]

+Michigan Hunting & Fishing m=Me to, fun to look though.

[@LiveBreatheOutdoors]

awesome. what guns were you using? LOVE your dog

[@Samsworthwatching]

love the bird hunting

[@FreelanceDuckHunting]

What editing software do you use when you put these videos together?

[@ConsummateSportsman]

+Freelance Duck Hunting Powerdirector 13 mostly

[@jasonnelson8722]

Great video. I was trying to get a good grouse video all year. Super dog.

[@Gonzo3780]

Awesome video and great looking Dog...Maybe you and I can get out and do some of this next Fall Nel-Dog if you can get away from watching the kids for a day...Bird camp...

[@horizanadventures]

like the vid. cant see the birds but I understand. grouse hunting is the toughest thing to video

[@zolnsalt]

Damn good shooting!!

[@cotaloc619]

Awesome video! I wish my dogs could listen that well, haha. Isn't it a bit dangerous shooting that close to trees? I don't bird hunt much but when i do, i'm in an open corn field. Haha

[@waggs9588]

What do you mean by dangerous?

[@cotaloc619]

Pellets bouncing off the trees and hitting you.

[@waggs9588]

I think that's really rare since most trees are soft enough to absorb the enery from the pellets. I've been grouse hunting for like 8 years and I've accidentally shot trees that were like 3 feet away from me. And either it will look like a woodpecker got a hold of the tree or the tree will fall down.

[@cotaloc619]

Oh, ok, i see. Thank you for the reply. (:

[@jamesgeorge6290]

Can you let us know make and model of the gun? Do you worry about beating up the gun/scratching it in those woods? Or it just adds character? Thanks for the reply

[@EL6008]

Best part of this video was how jacked up your dog got about getting to do some work! Good teammate to have in the field.

[@bowhunter14870]

What size shot and what choke setup do you use? This looks like a lot of fun, I am definitely going to run my beagle through some different habitat this winter in hopes of her flushing some grouse. Awesome video!

[@goonerdotcom]

Love your production man. Awesome !!! Your dog is very loveable. I've never upland hunted with a dog, getting my own this spring and looking forward to days like this.

[@MinnowMan]

I hunt ruffed grouse and pheasants with dogs all the time too. the way you hunt pheasants with a dog works a lot better than doing it that same way when hunting grouse. but Its always more funw ith the dogs. always makes for tough shots walking through the brush aiming at tiny little windows to get the grouse on the ground. nice shooting!

[@smoothmovez]

Keep em coming, good stuff man!

[@Mickyjeger]

Nice shooting!

[@AULTimateOUTDOORS]

Very cool video man! Nothing better eating than grouse! I did not get a chance to hunt them this year. Worked to much with all the snow we got!

[@risscaas]

Hello. What dog is that? :D

[@MaloneNYDeerhunter1]

Nice video !

[@groundkramer]

that dogs living its best life

[@dadajackyo]

She's awesome! Very exuberant. Nice dog!

[@zizi95b.d65]

I do not understand, he takes from car semi-automatic weapons but he hunted with another rifle and when he returning weapons in the car again he have semiautomatic weapons. Why he do that?

[@chrismaclean8646]

he is not hunting with a rifle, that is a shotgun

[@rylanmorgan3913]

Well I wish i could see the birds instead of watching you just shoot a gun

[@jamesgeorge6290]

Can you tell us what gun(s) you were using? 12 or 20? Would love to try grouse hunting some day but pretty sure my gun would be to heavy. I love your video's. Cant wait to see what you come up with next.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

This was a 20 gauge. Thanks for watching, James!

[@devilhorns42]

Seriously good shooting

[@ryanhough51]

Nice marksmanship man

[@HviteVinger]

Good video! :-) Looks like an awesome day of hunting. Is that a Labrador retriever?

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Sure is! 3 of them in fact.

[@HviteVinger]

The Consummate Sportsman Great. I'm getting a black lab pup in two weeks. Looking forward to train and use him hunting grouse and ptarmigan in the Norwegian mountains. :-)

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Fantastic. Good luck!

[@bulletsandbroadheads]

its a good day when your in the woods

[@FrankAbyss]

One of the best eating bird too!

[@nailswood167]

Nice shooting!

[@armbender777]

can u tell me the name of the music thx

[@danwenberg6978]

You are a great hunter great job

[@derekstahl4110]

good shooting why the swicharoo on the guns?

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Variety is the spice of life! haha.

[@derekstahl4110]

The Consummate Sportsman rodger that,thanks for the vids. nice to see guys willing to share. take two atta boys from petty cash!

[@aj14221]

What kind of hat is that?

[@F0RUM155]

Good job great video

[@northeastrockhunter]

good shooting

[@armbender777]

nice video.

[@devilhorns42]

Great editing

[@PanamaSticks]

It wasn't obvious from the video whether you see the birds in the trees or on the ground. Or do you only see them after your dog flushes them? I have been trying to hunt grouse in Central NY, without a dog, for four years. I have yet to get a bird. The only time I've seen a grouse is after I accidentally flushed one. Then it is probably less than 0.1 sec before they reach heavy, dark wooded cover. Never enough time to even mount the gun. They never seem to be more than 10 feet from heavy cover. Got any advice for me?

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Get a good grouse dog :)

[@PanamaSticks]

+The Consummate Sportsman Wish I could. I take care of my 91 year old mother, and she would trip over a dog. Frigid winters. I can't leave a dog outside.

[@PanamaSticks]

+Austin Johnson In four years hunting grouse I've yet to see one standing still, either on the ground or in a tree. Only time I have seen them is when they take flight. I am a very quiet stalker too. I am constantly scanning the ground and trees, and listening for them. I never hear anything but squirrels, chickadees, crows, and the rubbing sound trees make. ONCE I heard drumming. But that was in the spring, after grouse season ended. Maybe there is a difference between the birds in MN and the birds in Central NY. I used to live on a small pond in Florida. The Great Blue Herons were so unafraid of people I found myself eye to eye one night. He was peering into my apartment through the sliding glass door! Contrast that to the Herons we have here in Central NY. They are EXTREMELY wary of people. You have to be very stealthy to get within 100 feet of one.

[@SteelTiiTan]

My advice would be to just walk along looking around on the ground usually I spook them for a second and hear a little movement on leaves, but in my experience the later in the day it is, or the colder/more snow on the ground their is then the more likely they will be in a tree. But I definitely walk by way more than I see so when my brittany comes with me I might not always get the best flying shots but I definitely see more. I've only ever shot one grouse out of the air without my dog.

[@quacksmack7449]

Your Mom has a great caring son it sounds. :) Find some old public land logging roads. overgrown old backwoods trails with cover and seed, berry thickets, etc......gravel. You'll find the birds ! :) cheers

[@fawfaw5908]

like

[@AlexDonnett]

how can u see them

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Easier to see them in real life than on Gopro.

[@theosmith1138]

22 is the gun for tath kind hunt !!!! loser

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Let me get this straight... You shoot birds out of trees, yet I'm the loser?

[@theosmith1138]

The Consummate Sportsman lol, I'm the loser lolllllllllllllll