I've talked to birds with similar tactics. And good job scratching and touching at the dirt. You totally connected with it. Birds are super smart and can feel our vibrations, so can frogs in my experience . I have been connected to the frogs since I was young. You could call me rhe frog whisperer. I even found a way to make a true frog sound using my tongue and upper mouth when I was a kid. I can communicate really well with crows. Great video!
No offence but thats not whats occurring, the bird is simply accustomed to humans probably because it is regularly fed by humans. His hands gestures and the scratching of the dirt probably tricked the Ruffed grouse into thinking the human was offering it food.
There’s a grouse here in Utah, I see her all the time. Her territory seems to include the loading area at one of the Park City ski lifts. She is incredibly tame. I’m sure she’s accustomed enough to know that these goofy humans in the bright colors sliding around on the snow are not a threat, like the ones in drab green might be. She probably gets food from people too, which undoubtedly brings her back… like every day! It’s truly delightful (but also a little scary, in such a crowded spot) to see a wild bird comfortably interacting with humans.
@@NLGhostWolf yes, me too. Hawks, peregrines and woodpeckers. Porcupines, skinks, mantids and pine martens. An albino chipmunk and a grumpy, grumbly raccoon. I think the standout encounter was riding my bike on a rail trail around 10 pm. I glanced up and a barred owl was flying about 5 feet above my head, keeping pace with my bike. For several seconds it seemed as if we were frozen in a frame of time. With no light to illuminate the trees around me and the owl going the same direction and speed… there was no movement reference. After a bit I slowed down to see what would happen. He swooped down in front of me, and back up to land on a branch. Then we just stared in each others eyes for a minute before I continued to ride home.
I had a small owl befriend me when I was about 12 years old, he would land on my shoulder and I could walk around the neighbourhood. Next day he was gone, never seen him again. It was a good encounter.
I just moved from southern ontario to the north east above algonquin park,lots of grouse here,and in my backyard,there used to be lots of grouse in the south,too much destruction of habitat now.
I think I saw a grouse today and I have tourettes syndrome and one of my tics sounds like a grouse call. I'm gonna go back there and let loose n see what happens.
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. In the second half of this video I show you how to catch one with just your bare-hands. th-cam.com/video/mEOm6CMlblg/w-d-xo.html
@@NLGhostWolf 🤣 i was waiting for that. Dude you know whats funny? i walked through the woods literally making that grouse sound a whole day, and at the end of the day a ruffed flew out and i shot it first one lol.
Super cool. I'm going to try your technique in Colorado. There are plenty of blue grouse up where we have property so in interested to see if I can get them to come in.
I know it works on Spruce and Ruffed Grouse, don't know if it would work on the Blue's? Best of luck, it gets to be a lot of fun interacting with nature. If it works please video it, I would love to see others enjoying grouse calling.
This is so nice! Amongst so many shoot and kill vids you made this one. ❤️. So lovely. Interesting to see the cooperating with nature and then hearing how much human noise disturbance they live with. Thanks for making this.
Jen I'm glad you have taken the time to view a lot of my videos. Yes I'm a hunter, trapper, fisherman and gatherer. But first and foremost I'm a nature lover. I love all aspects of the great outdoors and I'm left in awe of it's beauty each and every time I'm out there. But my most special moments out there are those moments where I can interact with the animals. I only wish I could have filmed all the different interactions I had with the different animals over the years. And you'd be happy to know that once I befriend an animal I never hunt in the locations where I believe those animals could or would be. For me friendships come in many different forms and once made they are sacred. Hope this helps you understand me a little better. And thank-you for your kind words and taking the time to leave a comment.
I feel the same way about animals. I’m a hardcore bird hunter but would never betray an animals trust by killing it. Once I’m acquainted with a critter we’re pals for life. I’ve been buddies with chipmunks, squirrels, deer and hummingbirds but never a grouse. Very cool videos. Most people think hunters are cold blooded killers but it just ain’t so. My dad won’t even hunt quail with me anymore because he had to ring the neck of a cripple and it broke his heart. He said he’d never shoot a quail again…& he hasn’t in 20 years.
Well done. Apparently the Dogrib tribe of Alaska would call in rabbits. I believe they kind of whistled which mimicked a female snowshoehare in heat. Never heard it before u say? Well check out the 1974 action movie Thunderbolt & Lightfoot. There's a really wild scene where a crazy man empties his car trunk dozens of rabbits. Many of which are making this shrill whistling call.
Dude, you are a true descendant of Seth. More power to you, but I know first hand it can sometimes be rough. It’s not always easy to be a Neanderthal embedded in a Homo sapiens culture. This is why we spend so much time in the woods. And the mountains. With the plant teachers and the animal friends.
This really Great. You have a spirit that is pure the grouse knows it. Looks like you might in in Canada. I love to hunt Grouse and have you ever noticed the sound they make right before the Flush I can best describe as a Wink Wink Wink sound ?
Thank you for your very kind words, very much appreciated. I'm glad you enjoyed this video, thanks for watching and taking the time to write a comment. Yes I live in Canada, actually I just retired and moved back home to the Stephenville Newfoundland area. And I'm loving every minute of it. A new adventure every day we are blessed with no rain. Soon my adventures will take me out to snare a few rabbits for the winter. Cheers Charlie
Nl Ghost Wolf I stand corrected about your ability to call in and talk to Grouse. What you do is very rare but you have developed skills making sounds and gestures that attracts and puts Grouse at Ease, like nothing to Fear from this strange creature. Grouse that have rarely been hunted and shot at would act much more at ease and in your case allow you to talk to them and almost pick them up. Glad you made this video, it is surely a believe it or not for the record book.
I had a patridge screaming like a fighting crow once and im wondering what it is supposed to sound like since 🤣 I dont know if this could work! I know I got about 30 feet from it before it even thought of walking away
Yes it is fun to call animals. I love interacting with wildlife. Many more nature loving videos on my channel, however I must warn you. I'm Native and was raised in a very native way, so you'll also see hunting, fishing and trapping on this channel as well. The spring of 2022 I'm hoping to use the drone to fly over the feeding humpback whales that come to this bay every spring. Hope you stick around to follow me on my adventures.
me too. I love to study their behaviour, their calls, feeding habits, etc... I have a number of grouse calling videos on my channel and moose calling videos on my channel. Nature and all it's creatures amaze me. I've spent countless hours out in the woods trying to better get to know and understand them. I will tell you this, the more time I spend with nature and the more animals I interact with, the harder and harder it gets for me to hunt. Enough though I seen first hand what happens to animals when they over come the carrying capacity of the land, meaning when their number explore to a point where the land they are on can no longer produce enough food to support their population. I seen first hand healthy animals enter starvation state, become weak and sick and disease like distemper take over to reduce the numbers. Healthy animals suffering for weeks and months. So I fully understand the importance of conservation practices. But the more I bond with nature the more connected I become with nature the harder it becomes to hunt. This is why I believe traditionally, as hunters got older and slower they were replaced with younger man/warriors. I believe it's a natural cycle we all will experience as we grow older and wiser. And just so you know, animals that I've befriended I never hunt.
Glad you enjoyed it Derek, I will make a playlist for the grouse calling videos. I just love nature and animals and getting out in the outdoors interacting with them. Some people don't understand how I'm wired, how I can be-friend certain critters with one hand and hunt them with the other. But this was how I was raised. To love and respect all creatures big and small. Again thanks for watching.
Similar calls work for turkey I've found. Not sure if it's reminiscent of the female or the chicks for them (turkey), certainly the males don't sound like that.
+hans yolo Love your profile pic, I just watched a male lion attack a hyena on youtube today. You know you are having a bad day when one of those critters is bearing down on you. Powerful beasts...
I could not believe my eyes watching a Human call in a Grouse and seeing a wild Grouse walk up to a person. What country do you live in and what Species of Grouse is this.?
I can do this with ruffled grouse, spruce grouse and partridge. As a boy I was trained to call them in and catch them in a snare pole. I've also have videos where I catch them with my barehands.
Thats hilarious, you have away with the wildlife bro. Dances with Grouse. truly amazing , I've never seen that before in my life. How did you ever learn that ? I mean how did you even know that sound or making that noise would bring them in, Truly amazing.
I grew up in the woods... Studied and watched animals all my life. Made many animal friends over the years. Just to name a few, well grouse of course, fox, caribou, moose, wolves, coyotes, deer, had a small owl that would come and sit on my shoulder when I was a boy. I could walk around the neighbourhood with him. I walked with wolves, lynx, moose and caribou as well as mule deer and whitetail deer. Had a pet red squirrel who would come see me when I called out his name. Just love nature to the point where I find it hard to hunt. I still do, but hate to kill. Love the hunt just not the kill but I know conservation works so I'll continue to do my part.
@@NLGhostWolf Thats the life boy , what a why to grow up Surrounded by all that wildlife. I guess you would learn a thing or 2. just a thing or 2 eh,, lol.
Yes I've killed them with both. but now when I make friends with a grouse I just let them go in peace... I don't hunt the ones I have close interaction with.
Yes it works good, many times I walk down an old road calling as I go and shoot birds on the walk back. I call both ways and this tends to make the birds less spooky.
I’ve hunted grouse for 41 yrs now and this is complete bs. It’s a tamed bird. He’s done this a million times before with the same bird. I have heard of tamed grouse, but it’s rare. Try that with another one. Good luck. You wouldn’t get within 50 yrds of it.
You may have hunted grouse for 41 years but you have no clue of what I can do with animals. Watch and Learn.... th-cam.com/video/mEOm6CMlblg/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/nhTsBbw5hg8/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/4ZxYbUc2Gbo/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/VbWO034ZphM/w-d-xo.html I've been doing this for over 41 years. I was raised in the woods in a very traditional manner. I've called in many different animals over the years and had been able to touch most. I never hunted for sport, we had to hunt for food, if we didn't kill, we didn't eat...
50 yards? What grouse and area do you hunt? I hunt Dusky and Ruffed Grouse every year (in the Rocky Mountains) and almost all my shots are 25’ to 30 yards. Once in a blue moon I have to reach out past 40/45 yards. PS it’s been a wonderful season so far. Been using an English Citori in .410 and been loving it.
@@purtnearperkins Eastern Ontario. They’re wild here man. Very very few this year. Too many predators. Haven’t shot one ruffed grouse now in 2 yrs. Old 16ga is gettin a lot of rest.
@@johnbozak1662Hmm sounds like a fun challenging hunt. (Sometimes the Duskys are just too easy here in Utah). I’ve been reading a pretty good study on Ruffed Grouse (Woodland Drummer Ruffed Grouse by Michael Furtman). He also cites other studies that show predators and hard winters are the primary reason many don’t survive. In the lake states MI, MN etc where several hundred thousand grouse are harvested each year it has shown to have pretty much no impact on population because most of them would have died off in the winter anyway. It’s primarily predatory birds and animals and the cold with lack of food that does it. Sounds like a great place to visit and hunt for a good challenge. I’ll have to put it on my bucket list. Last weekend I walked upon a large mature Dusky and didn’t see it until it flushed 6’ in front of me.
I am truly impressed. I’ve never hear of someone calling grouse, never mind videoing such an action. Cheers.
Glad you enjoyed it, hope you check out the video where I show you how to catch one with your bare hands
Great comment keep um going
You sir, are a very gentle human. Thank you for posting this wonderful video. It’s made our week. AND.....I’ll be trying it.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Best of luck with it.
That he is and I know there are many many more people just like you except all we hear of in most cases is the bad people. 👍🏻
I've talked to birds with similar tactics. And good job scratching and touching at the dirt. You totally connected with it. Birds are super smart and can feel our vibrations, so can frogs in my experience . I have been connected to the frogs since I was young. You could call me rhe frog whisperer. I even found a way to make a true frog sound using my tongue and upper mouth when I was a kid. I can communicate really well with crows. Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Keep on commenting
No offence but thats not whats occurring, the bird is simply accustomed to humans probably because it is regularly fed by humans. His hands gestures and the scratching of the dirt probably tricked the Ruffed grouse into thinking the human was offering it food.
Thanks guys for the replies, and thanks for watching.
There’s a grouse here in Utah, I see her all the time. Her territory seems to include the loading area at one of the Park City ski lifts. She is incredibly tame.
I’m sure she’s accustomed enough to know that these goofy humans in the bright colors sliding around on the snow are not a threat, like the ones in drab green might be.
She probably gets food from people too, which undoubtedly brings her back… like every day!
It’s truly delightful (but also a little scary, in such a crowded spot) to see a wild bird comfortably interacting with humans.
I love to interact with nature, all nature... I've had some incredible encounters over the years.
@@NLGhostWolf yes, me too. Hawks, peregrines and woodpeckers. Porcupines, skinks, mantids and pine martens. An albino chipmunk and a grumpy, grumbly raccoon.
I think the standout encounter was riding my bike on a rail trail around 10 pm. I glanced up and a barred owl was flying about 5 feet above my head, keeping pace with my bike. For several seconds it seemed as if we were frozen in a frame of time. With no light to illuminate the trees around me and the owl going the same direction and speed… there was no movement reference. After a bit I slowed down to see what would happen. He swooped down in front of me, and back up to land on a branch. Then we just stared in each others eyes for a minute before I continued to ride home.
I had a small owl befriend me when I was about 12 years old, he would land on my shoulder and I could walk around the neighbourhood. Next day he was gone, never seen him again. It was a good encounter.
@@NLGhostWolf now that is amazing
The Grouse Whisperer.
Definitely trying this when I'm hunting. Thank you!
When you get the hang of it, you can call them right in
That is awesome. I live in southern Ontario so I have never seen a grouse before!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching, very much appreciated.
I just moved from southern ontario to the north east above algonquin park,lots of grouse here,and in my backyard,there used to be lots of grouse in the south,too much destruction of habitat now.
Yup, lots of grouse up here near Sudbury. I call them road chickens.
I think I saw a grouse today and I have tourettes syndrome and one of my tics sounds like a grouse call. I'm gonna go back there and let loose n see what happens.
Best of luck, it's a lot of fun calling in grouse.
Pretty cool!
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. In the second half of this video I show you how to catch one with just your bare-hands.
th-cam.com/video/mEOm6CMlblg/w-d-xo.html
@@NLGhostWolf 🤣 i was waiting for that. Dude you know whats funny? i walked through the woods literally making that grouse sound a whole day, and at the end of the day a ruffed flew out and i shot it first one lol.
Keep on commenting
Super cool. I'm going to try your technique in Colorado. There are plenty of blue grouse up where we have property so in interested to see if I can get them to come in.
I know it works on Spruce and Ruffed Grouse, don't know if it would work on the Blue's? Best of luck, it gets to be a lot of fun interacting with nature. If it works please video it, I would love to see others enjoying grouse calling.
GROUSE WHISPERER. WOW. WAY COOL.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching, much appreciated. Many more adventures to come.
This is so nice! Amongst so many shoot and kill vids you made this one. ❤️. So lovely. Interesting to see the cooperating with nature and then hearing how much human noise disturbance they live with. Thanks for making this.
Jen I'm glad you have taken the time to view a lot of my videos. Yes I'm a hunter, trapper, fisherman and gatherer. But first and foremost I'm a nature lover. I love all aspects of the great outdoors and I'm left in awe of it's beauty each and every time I'm out there. But my most special moments out there are those moments where I can interact with the animals. I only wish I could have filmed all the different interactions I had with the different animals over the years. And you'd be happy to know that once I befriend an animal I never hunt in the locations where I believe those animals could or would be. For me friendships come in many different forms and once made they are sacred. Hope this helps you understand me a little better. And thank-you for your kind words and taking the time to leave a comment.
I feel the same way about animals. I’m a hardcore bird hunter but would never betray an animals trust by killing it. Once I’m acquainted with a critter we’re pals for life. I’ve been buddies with chipmunks, squirrels, deer and hummingbirds but never a grouse. Very cool videos. Most people think hunters are cold blooded killers but it just ain’t so. My dad won’t even hunt quail with me anymore because he had to ring the neck of a cripple and it broke his heart. He said he’d never shoot a quail again…& he hasn’t in 20 years.
Well done. Apparently the Dogrib tribe of Alaska would call in rabbits. I believe they kind of whistled which mimicked a female snowshoehare in heat.
Never heard it before u say? Well check out the 1974 action movie Thunderbolt & Lightfoot. There's a really wild scene where a crazy man empties his car trunk dozens of rabbits. Many of which are making this shrill whistling call.
I have to look for that movie, I'd love to see that scene. And thanks
Dude, you are a true descendant of Seth.
More power to you, but I know first hand it can sometimes be rough. It’s not always easy to be a Neanderthal embedded in a Homo sapiens culture.
This is why we spend so much time in the woods. And the mountains. With the plant teachers and the animal friends.
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Keep the comments going
thanks for the great calling tip....I'm gonna try it.
Hope it works for you check out this video, I catch one with my bare hands...
th-cam.com/video/mEOm6CMlblg/w-d-xo.html
where is this located? Looks like the Rock Lake Road in Algonquin Park, Ontario Canada.
NS Canada.
3:22 - the bird knew this man is connected with that car.. "I'm outta here he is bait"
haha
This really Great. You have a spirit that is pure the grouse knows it. Looks like you might in in Canada. I love to hunt Grouse and have you ever noticed the sound they make right before the Flush I can best describe as a Wink Wink Wink sound ?
Thank you for your very kind words, very much appreciated. I'm glad you enjoyed this video, thanks for watching and taking the time to write a comment. Yes I live in Canada, actually I just retired and moved back home to the Stephenville Newfoundland area. And I'm loving every minute of it. A new adventure every day we are blessed with no rain. Soon my adventures will take me out to snare a few rabbits for the winter. Cheers
Charlie
What in the f’ing witchcraft……😂 I’m def gonna try this
HaHa too funny, I really enjoy interacting with nature, all animals...
This is amazing. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nl Ghost Wolf I stand corrected about your ability to call in and talk to Grouse. What you do is very rare but you have developed skills making sounds and gestures that attracts and puts Grouse at Ease, like nothing to Fear from this strange creature. Grouse that have rarely been hunted and shot at would act much more at ease and in your case allow you to talk to them and almost pick them up. Glad you made this video, it is surely a believe it or not for the record book.
just out this video, where I pick one up.
th-cam.com/video/mEOm6CMlblg/w-d-xo.html
camo on the grouse is amazing
They can hide good
I had a patridge screaming like a fighting crow once and im wondering what it is supposed to sound like since 🤣
I dont know if this could work! I know I got about 30 feet from it before it even thought of walking away
Yes it works good on them too
Impressive. So is this one that is random in the wild or one that is used to your visits. Going to give it a try today.
random bird, one of many I've encountered over the years
please come hunting with me this weekend? lol
i feel bad for hunting these birds now :( so cool
I just love interacting with wildlife, it never gets old
And that is how we have chickens…
no doubt
wow that so cool you can call the bird down to play with u
Yes it is fun to call animals. I love interacting with wildlife. Many more nature loving videos on my channel, however I must warn you. I'm Native and was raised in a very native way, so you'll also see hunting, fishing and trapping on this channel as well. The spring of 2022 I'm hoping to use the drone to fly over the feeding humpback whales that come to this bay every spring. Hope you stick around to follow me on my adventures.
@@NLGhostWolf sure I love to watch animals
me too. I love to study their behaviour, their calls, feeding habits, etc... I have a number of grouse calling videos on my channel and moose calling videos on my channel. Nature and all it's creatures amaze me. I've spent countless hours out in the woods trying to better get to know and understand them. I will tell you this, the more time I spend with nature and the more animals I interact with, the harder and harder it gets for me to hunt. Enough though I seen first hand what happens to animals when they over come the carrying capacity of the land, meaning when their number explore to a point where the land they are on can no longer produce enough food to support their population. I seen first hand healthy animals enter starvation state, become weak and sick and disease like distemper take over to reduce the numbers. Healthy animals suffering for weeks and months. So I fully understand the importance of conservation practices. But the more I bond with nature the more connected I become with nature the harder it becomes to hunt. This is why I believe traditionally, as hunters got older and slower they were replaced with younger man/warriors. I believe it's a natural cycle we all will experience as we grow older and wiser. And just so you know, animals that I've befriended I never hunt.
Awesome.
Im so trying this next time i see a grouse...wish me luck. lol :)
Good Luck
Neatest vid yet.Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it Derek, I will make a playlist for the grouse calling videos. I just love nature and animals and getting out in the outdoors interacting with them. Some people don't understand how I'm wired, how I can be-friend certain critters with one hand and hunt them with the other. But this was how I was raised. To love and respect all creatures big and small. Again thanks for watching.
Thanks for the reply.You remind me of myself.lol.I am the same way with nature as you.Keep on enjoying.
Yes, folks like us can never get enough time out in the Great Outdoors. Love every minute I spend in nature.
Did we just become best friends!?
indeed
Cuuuute 😍😍😍😍
Thanks
@@NLGhostWolf You're welcome 🥂
why did the chicken cross the road?
Wow that is cool!
thanks
Similar calls work for turkey I've found. Not sure if it's reminiscent of the female or the chicks for them (turkey), certainly the males don't sound like that.
isn't wonderful to interact with nature
awesome
thanks
The Grouse Whisperer!
that was sick man !
+hans yolo Thanks for watching much appreciated. Glad you enjoyed it.
+hans yolo Love your profile pic, I just watched a male lion attack a hyena on youtube today. You know you are having a bad day when one of those critters is bearing down on you. Powerful beasts...
Awesome!
Thanks!
Totally awesome!
Thanks!
Too Cool!! Wow.
Glad you enjoyed this video, did you see the video of where I caught and released one with my bare hands
Great stuff man.
Blair Thanks for watching, I just love getting out there interacting with the different animals in my neck of the woods.
Awesome ! 👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🙏🏽✌🏻✌🏻
I could not believe my eyes watching a Human call in a Grouse and seeing a wild Grouse walk up to a person. What country do you live in and what Species of Grouse is this.?
I can do this with ruffled grouse, spruce grouse and partridge. As a boy I was trained to call them in and catch them in a snare pole. I've also have videos where I catch them with my barehands.
Whaaaat the helllllll? Pretty cool. Can’t say I’ve everything done that
glad you enjoyed it
Bravo.
thank-you, I love nature
Is there such a thing as a Grouse caller similar to duck or other call devices ? Nice Vid.
I've never heard of a grouse caller, not saying they don't exist out there
Yes this is working !! I’ve got a flock of 8 grouse right now coming towards me add me for pics vids
Thats hilarious, you have away with the wildlife bro. Dances with Grouse. truly amazing , I've never seen that before in my life. How did you ever learn that ? I mean how did you even know that sound or making that noise would bring them in, Truly amazing.
I grew up in the woods... Studied and watched animals all my life. Made many animal friends over the years. Just to name a few, well grouse of course, fox, caribou, moose, wolves, coyotes, deer, had a small owl that would come and sit on my shoulder when I was a boy. I could walk around the neighbourhood with him. I walked with wolves, lynx, moose and caribou as well as mule deer and whitetail deer. Had a pet red squirrel who would come see me when I called out his name. Just love nature to the point where I find it hard to hunt. I still do, but hate to kill. Love the hunt just not the kill but I know conservation works so I'll continue to do my part.
@@NLGhostWolf Thats the life boy , what a why to grow up Surrounded by all that wildlife. I guess you would learn a thing or 2. just a thing or 2 eh,, lol.
Might have learned a thing or two.
This fella is the male Snow White. Love this.
thanks
Goddamn car
right LOL
How do they taste?
My favourite to eat. Except the ones I make friends with. I never hunt those.
Exactly like chicken just a much smaller animal.
LOL . . . .she's going to show you how to scratch properly . .
GROUSE?!
yes
Thanks a lot for this. :D
glad you liked it
Grouse whisperer
+Altamar Hey, thanks for watching, I sure do enjoy calling grouse and interacting with wildlife.
I'm going to save so many bullets.
hahaha !!! Too funny
Been overthinking it
lol
❤😂
thanks
Get a good challenge trying to catch one with jus a slingshot and rocks, they’re fast little birds.
Yes I've killed them with both. but now when I make friends with a grouse I just let them go in peace... I don't hunt the ones I have close interaction with.
that would be nice for hunting
Yes it works good, many times I walk down an old road calling as I go and shoot birds on the walk back. I call both ways and this tends to make the birds less spooky.
How are they not extinct lol
sometimes they spook very early and sometimes not so much
I’ve hunted grouse for 41 yrs now and this is complete bs. It’s a tamed bird. He’s done this a million times before with the same bird. I have heard of tamed grouse, but it’s rare. Try that with another one. Good luck. You wouldn’t get within 50 yrds of it.
You may have hunted grouse for 41 years but you have no clue of what I can do with animals. Watch and Learn....
th-cam.com/video/mEOm6CMlblg/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/nhTsBbw5hg8/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/4ZxYbUc2Gbo/w-d-xo.html
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I've been doing this for over 41 years. I was raised in the woods in a very traditional manner. I've called in many different animals over the years and had been able to touch most. I never hunted for sport, we had to hunt for food, if we didn't kill, we didn't eat...
50 yards? What grouse and area do you hunt? I hunt Dusky and Ruffed Grouse every year (in the Rocky Mountains) and almost all my shots are 25’ to 30 yards. Once in a blue moon I have to reach out past 40/45 yards. PS it’s been a wonderful season so far. Been using an English Citori in .410 and been loving it.
@@purtnearperkins Eastern Ontario. They’re wild here man. Very very few this year. Too many predators. Haven’t shot one ruffed grouse now in 2 yrs. Old 16ga is gettin a lot of rest.
@@johnbozak1662Hmm sounds like a fun challenging hunt. (Sometimes the Duskys are just too easy here in Utah). I’ve been reading a pretty good study on Ruffed Grouse (Woodland Drummer Ruffed Grouse by Michael Furtman). He also cites other studies that show predators and hard winters are the primary reason many don’t survive. In the lake states MI, MN etc where several hundred thousand grouse are harvested each year it has shown to have pretty much no impact on population because most of them would have died off in the winter anyway. It’s primarily predatory birds and animals and the cold with lack of food that does it. Sounds like a great place to visit and hunt for a good challenge. I’ll have to put it on my bucket list. Last weekend I walked upon a large mature Dusky and didn’t see it until it flushed 6’ in front of me.