USA: Grouse Camp 2024

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Well the 2024 Ruffed Grouse camp hunt is over. We had warm weather and another great 4 days hunting grouse and woodcock. Fly fishing Brook and Brown trout. Our camp is at Squirrel bend on the Main branch of the Au Sable river East of Grayling Michigan.
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Nice! I’ve made it up north twice in my life to grouse hunt and hope to go again some day. Are you using dogs or just walking them up?
 
Sounds like heaven. Your birds are in much better feather than our birds are. The mountains truly are fantastic this season. Forgive Me for adding to your post with some pix of my own, just adding to a common interest we share.
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No woodcock here but lots of blue grouse. Rainbow and cutthroat trout after grouse hunting
 
No problem here Firebird.

Bearcat. We are just walking. No dogs.

We only killed two woodcock. Flushed a lot
 
Looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for the report.

Bruce
 
What a fantastic set up and hunt. Michigan is a beautiful place once you get away from the cities.
 
Uplander, It’s a quality hunt and very low cost hunt. We hunted primarily federal lands.

The trout fishing is ramping up. The salmon runs are nearing the end soon.
 
Looks like an awesome trip. My family has a cabin West of Grayling towards Kalkaska. We normally go up for the smallmouth and trout fishing. Was planning on doing a grouse hunt in December this year near Grayling, have you ever been up that late to hunt?
 
I missed this report last year. Looks like a beautiful area to hunt and good trip. Question, have you seen any changes in grouse numbers from 10,20,30 years ago? I miss seeing grouse in western Pennsylvania. I haven’t seen one in years sadly. They use to be very common, then localized to good habitat, and now mostly absent sadly.
 

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