My Pet Grouse March 28, 2013

[@billastell3753]

I have some living on my 30 acre property. It's a constant battle keeping the gun toting neighbours from sneaking in a killing them all off but I keep trying. The problem with most hunters is they just want to kill game. Very few understand conservation or have a love of nature in their hearts. I've been a hunter (no longer) myself and it took maturity to grow up and appreciate wild life as a partner in the world not a resource to be used.

[@yessumyecrad]

Thank you for this! ❤

[@lca89]

My family owns 24 acres and we have problems with poachers as well. Best tip I have is shooting guns on your own property surprisingly. We had no trespassing signs up, but they never worked. I setup a little shooting range in the forest and ever since then we haven't had nobody on our property except one time when I was in the woods. Was out one time and heard someone in the woods and started shooting at my range and heard them say "someone's shooting in there let's go". Lol they probably spread the word that it's someones shooting grounds. Even tho I shoot my guns I've had grouse and squirrels come up to me while I'm shooting. I think it's because they know I'm friendly and that if anything I'd protect them from predators like coyotes since we don't like them on the property since I have a dog and the last thing we want is them to attack our boy and they've attacked a couple locals dogs before.

[@KPlyf]

3:18 that's dinosaur's relative!

[@0Vla0]

What a cute bird this Ruffed grouse. He behaves just like tame pigeon: they bite too, if you touch their legs.

[@joepotato2862]

i didnt know it had an umbrella mode

[@paulchantiny990]

Despite his attempts at attracting a mate, he never found one. A couple years later, there was a pile of feathers where he hung out. A large hawk was roosting in a tree nearby. The hawk flapped its wings, beating the air heavily as it flew away.

[@Karma20XX]

Sad..

[@Buledde]

Poor little fella, he was so beautiful.

[@motherlandbot6837]

@Paul Chantiny Ruffed Grouse don't pair bond, and they only associate with the opposite sex very briefly for copulation. A breeding hen will quietly and discreetly approach a male, mate very quickly, then immediately leave. Except for the family unit of a hen grouse and her dependent offspring, Ruffed Grouse are solitary animals. They don't form communal leks like Sage Grouse, Black Grouse, and Prairie Chickens, and unlike Capercaillie, females don't congregate in the morning around a favored solitary displaying cock during breeding season. The only species of grouse that is usually monogamous and biparental is the Willow Ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus (Red Grouse in Europe), and these pair bond quite strongly; males fiercely defend their sitting mates and offspring, much like wild ganders do. So your friend may very well have enjoyed typically fleeting liaisons with hens in his area without your notice. P.S. I took another look, and this is actually fragmented sexual behavior. The only time a male Grouse receives tactile stimulation on his underside (as when you repeatedly stroke his lower breast with your finger) is when he is mounting a hen for mating. He will grasp the hen by the nape of her neck as he mounts, and he is attempting to do this with your sleeve. If he was actually behaving aggressively, he would jump at your arm/hand and peck/bite while flapping his wings. The many videos here of breeding male Capercaillie attacking people show you how an aggressive male Grouse REALLY behaves! KZbin is filled with videos of pet parrots and Pigeons which have bonded with Humans as substitute mates, but these Humans are usually quite unaware (or self deluding) about what is really going on when their feathered friends solicit petting and cuddling! Unlike Ruffed Grouse, Pigeons and most parrots form long term pair bonds.

[@JJ-ui1gy]

Bura haradı?

[@cuu4334]

I would like to feed it a tasty grasshopper or grub! 🐞 It appears to be a male! 👍

[@doubledeuce5084]

I had one act the same way up in Yamhill Co (Oregon). He was not a pet, but a wild grouse. He would fly at you with your back turned but didn't know what to do if you ignored it face to face. The one I ran into let me touch him also, but didn't like it. The bird followed me over 200 yards back to my car and would have followed me all day, I'm sure.

[@miltonwelch8619]

Seems to have a few similarities to the turkey. Very nice bird on which I'll probably do some research

[@AxionSmurf]

Turkeys can be incredibly sweet if raised as pets. There was one in a local park where I lived for several years in Illinois and it was very loving and sociable. It allowed me to pick it up and pet it and when I put it down on the grass I got on my knees to continue petting it and it climbed on my back and perched there. lol I'll never forget that turkey :)

[@markpaul8178]

I live in Tennessee and my brother had a grouse that he fed and petted for a few years and it was not afarid of humans.The grouse got ran over by his wife in 2012

[@pohkeee]

Mark Paul: yes, it’s best not to “tame” wild things that must remain wild...it puts that a an unfair advantage...many “ pet” deer get shot because the lose their sense of caution for humans.

[@stevehanes1268]

It looks a lot like he was trying to distract you from a nearby nesting female, and when you stayed there he got angry enough to display. He certainly kept you busy and the female safe. Great video!

[@motherlandbot6837]

This is not defensive/protective behavior at all. See my comment posted under Paul Chantiny's first comment for an explanation of what is happening here.

[@copper_pirate492]

I want one now

[@ณัฐนนท์เพชรนาค]

No you not PITBULL

[@hmedhmed7628]

beautill bird

[@pauloyoshizaki2103]

Que Linda !!! Ave !!! Muito Mansinha !!! Como chama ?? ave exótica !!! 😃😄💡💡

[@shadowsinmymind9]

Tetraz em portugues. Grouse em englise

[@Altt]

What a beautiful grouse! The black is so black. I am so sorry for his loss. My own grouse buddy is over due for a visit, and I fear the worst.

[@sweepyourspeech8350]

He was just trying to steal your watch...lol

[@DPS1194]

He's so beautiful! Who knew males can make dull colors so attractive?

[@haqtarar4594]

Great. Lovely bird

[@big_ute]

Ive got a few spruce grouse that live on my property, theyre tame as can be

[@paulchantiny990]

Why did she hate the grouse? Was he spending too much time with it? Was she jealous?

[@anthonydo9401]

Paul Chantiny I feel like there’s a story here

[@ПолинаБоровикова-д1в]

что за птица?

[@kvkovel5955]

Этот рябчик похож немного на молодого двумесячного индюшонка,, индюка!)))

[@ЗайнапБайдаева-ъ9ц]

Какие красивые птицый.

[@ismkiv588]

What species of grouse is that?

[@motherlandbot6837]

Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus). They are roughly the same size as a bantam Rooster of any of the Western breeds. In New England, they are often referred to as "Partridges", though they are not closely related.

[@sabirkhankhurshid5326]

How much it cost in dollars please!

[@malathangluah9447]

1£

[@motherlandbot6837]

Ruffed Grouse are not bred in capitivity by commercial gamebird breeders. All grouse are very difficult to keep in captivity because they are extremely susceptible to disease, even if they are kept on wire floors. Where Humans try to artificially inflate their populations for shooting, as is done on the UK's grouse moors with Red Grouse, this is done by shooting/poisoning their predators, and putting out medicated grit to protect them against disease. These are not Chickens, pheasants or quails; if you try to raise them under higher population densities than occur in the wild, they quickly die off in epidemics. Even in the wild Ruffed Grouse (the bird shown here) have natural boom and bust population cycles related to parasites and disease that build up as their populations increase.

[@ea16947]

Hello Paul Chantiny You must have raised that grouse from a baby to have him tame like that I didn't know that baby grouse would live in captivity. I also have a video on youtube titled Robert Gildea preaches. I put the video on youtube to reach the youth of America with touretes syndrome with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus. People with touretes can understand the Gospel touretes is nueralogical not mental. Your friend in Jesus Robert Gildea Romans 6:23

[@C00T47]

ea16947 that doesn't exactly have anything to do with this grouse. Go comment stuff like that on videos related to that topic.

[@SUBARCTICPSYCHO]

『W』『H』『0』 『D』『4』『R』『3』『5』 『W』『!』『N』『5』Ф He reminds me of those youtubers who start shilling for squarespace have way through a video lol

[@themanakacuntman328]

Hmmmm looks tasty I hunt them it's fun

[@coady-wp3xf]

I de-bone mine, wrap breast in wrap. pound that to the same thickness as the thinnest part. thighs just boned. season (what ever you like) some flour and a touch of corn starch. then a egg yolk bath, toss that in some panko crumbs. get a cast iron hot with some butter and fry em up. i keep this set up in the truck at all times. never been asked by a C/O to check my belly for my limit either, only the 10 in the box.

[@maximusdesimus4713]

@@coady-wp3xf I use to get 70 grouse a year hunting w a friend. The wild Turkeys they planted here are killing off all of the grouse by robbing the grouse nest of eggs by breaking them. So I don't hunt them anymore because of poor wildlife management.

[@KeithJohn-qd6pr]

It's nice that you go over limit, break the law, and screw over everyone else