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Title: King o the Mountain!
Post by: nastygunz on December 30, 2021, 10:28:49 AM
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Title: Re: King o the Mountain!
Post by: Okanagan on December 30, 2021, 02:48:48 PM
Great pics!  Love those birds.  They are the best tasting meat in our woods and I wish they weighed 50 lbs. apiece!

One of my sadnesses re moving from BC is that there are 5% as many grouse here, probably even fewer than that.  I think I saw four total this Fall while hunting deer and elk.

On a good grouse Fall in N. BC I killed four in one spot with my .22 and a limit of 10 (in those days)  before 10:00 AM as incidentals while cruising back roads to vantage spots to glass for moose.  Some years I'll bet pitw has boodles of grouse around his place.






Title: Re: King o the Mountain!
Post by: pitw on December 30, 2021, 06:56:21 PM
My favorite meat bird as well.  We have tooooo many Raptors and coyotes around here, plus a lot of treed areas have been cleared.  I have not shot one with a gun for a good spell but try and get a couple with the slingshot every year.  Do have a few that live in the yard but they is safe. :shrug:
Title: Re: King o the Mountain!
Post by: nastygunz on December 30, 2021, 08:38:34 PM
I like to hear them drumming in the spring time. We call them Partridge in these parts.
Title: Re: King o the Mountain!
Post by: Okanagan on December 30, 2021, 10:57:16 PM
Yep, enjoy the drumming.  You can thump/slap your chest to make the drumming sound and get them to reply sometimes.

In my second or third year in British Columbia, at a grassy place where an old road split off the one I was driving, the whole intersection was covered with grouse.  I grabbed my .22 and realized that I had no .22 shells with me.  With grouse all around, I ransacked the 4x4 and came up with 3 rounds of .22 discovered in seat cracks, bottom of glove box, etc. 

I killed three of them and the rest stood around and looked at me.  I had no .22 ammo, not even any rocks handy to throw, and didn’t want to shoot them with my 06.   Seems like there were 14 (16?) left when I ran out of ammo, probably three hens still with their broods, in mid September. 

Title: Re: King o the Mountain!
Post by: nastygunz on December 31, 2021, 02:05:08 PM
Incredibly well camoflauged.
Title: Re: King o the Mountain!
Post by: FinsnFur on December 31, 2021, 07:36:34 PM
How many of them can ya fit in a frying pan? :eyebrow:
Title: Re: King o the Mountain!
Post by: Okanagan on December 31, 2021, 09:21:08 PM
Quote from: FinsnFur on December 31, 2021, 07:36:34 PM
How many of them can ya fit in a frying pan? :eyebrow:

I think that there were two whole grouse breasts in the frying pan below, prob. a 10 or 11 inch pan.  But I had already eaten some when I took the pic, not sure but more likely 1.5 grouse breasts in pan below!   I like to lop off each side of the breast boneless, then slice it across the grain about 3/8 to 1/2 inch thick, and saute/fry it in butter for about 30-60 seconds on each side.  Tender, killer good taste.

(https://i.imgur.com/lU3u2eL.jpg)

Another good way to cook grouse in the bush is to bone out the breast, sprinkle on some salt and pepper, wrap in foil and bury in campfire coals for 8 minutes (if it is has been a decently hot fire for awhile to build some coals.) 

One Thanksgiving my wife filled a large crockpot with boneless grouse breasts and cooked them into some kind of gravy.  Best Thanksgiving meal ever!

Title: Re: King o the Mountain!
Post by: FinsnFur on December 31, 2021, 10:38:53 PM
Oh lawdy lawdy  that sounded good

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Title: Re: King o the Mountain!
Post by: nastygunz on January 01, 2022, 05:13:19 AM
How big is your frying pan? :eyebrow:


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