Hunting Blue Grouse with 16 Gauge Over Under Franchi

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@loganchappell6272 3 года назад

First! I always love getting here early. Its nice to see a 16 gauge getting some attention. These days we can do anything a 16 can do with a light 12 gauge load or a heavy 20 gauge load, but I still think they are great.

@warrior71yother71 3 года назад

I take close to hundred rabbits every winter withe a Remington M46 16 GA

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Well said!

@dadsoutdoors9247 3 года назад

I'd love a video talking about pros and cons of 16 gauge... or 12 vs 16 vs 20

@skigdividerx4991 3 года назад

Ron if you see the ghost of Patrick McManus up there still trying to get a grouse please tell him I still enjoy reading his books! Have every one!

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

McManus brought more tears to my eyes than all the tragedy in my life.

@11ccom 3 года назад

Good hunt Ron..

@paststeve1 3 года назад

Great video Ron! Thanks for bringing us along. Some of my fondest memories are of hunting pheasant over my Weirmararner, Chomp in the corn and alfalfa fields of Lancaster County, PA. There is nothing quite so satisfying as seeing your dog work well and the taste of fresh meat! And yes!! We ate the morning's harvest for supper!

@luvtahandload7692 3 года назад

I think that is my same exact gun, Ron! I chose it because it is half a pound lighter than the 12 ga. That's a lot when hiking all day. And everyone knows the 16 kills as well as the 12! Covey is going to need a bath after that sojourn. Thanks, Ron!

@rex8958 2 года назад

Carry’s like a 20 packs like a 12. Something like that, but ever since buying a 16 it’s my main shotgun

@mikeinlutz 3 года назад

Sucking air, I couldn't walk that steep. 20 ga over under is my choice

@richardstone5241 3 года назад

Definitely an Elk scrape and a BIG one at that! I'm pushing 70 Ron and I get out of breath and stumble around too...lol Can't eat meat the same day it's shot? Makes you laugh when you hear BS like that doesn't it? Great video!!!

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Right on

@ChrisRand-gf7lz 3 года назад

The terrain is a bit different, but up here I love going grouse hunting in Manitoba and North Western Ontario each year. It's peaceful and relaxing, and even if you don't get a bird, you still got some fresh air, exercise, and let go of the stress. And when you do spot a bird and stalk it for the perfect shot, that's just the cherry on top.

@chrisrogers4594 3 года назад

Out here on the coast, they're Sooty Grouse Ron! Awesome video. I plan to hunt for this same bird for the first time this coming October with my father, so this video is very well timed. Love the channel as always.

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Yes, I remembered Sooty AFTER finishing the soliloquy. Have never gotten one of those.

@exothermal.sprocket 3 года назад

Love the mountains. Just wish the environmental cult earth worshipers would understand that forest service needs to get in and clean up all the downed timber for fire reasons. I've never been in a Norwegian forest, but I hear they are spick and span out there by comparison. Returning to wood-burning for household heat and ash application on private gardens would bring a lot of health back to the population.

@xxxarmycop 3 года назад

Blame the lumber companies for leaving so much slash...almost impossible to hunt some places here in N. Idaho with it everywhere

@exothermal.sprocket 3 года назад

@@xxxarmycop Trump said it a few years ago, about the lack of forest cleanup in the western US and it's mostly the environmental crybabies that have every kind of non-scientific religious excuse to stop it.

@xxxarmycop 3 года назад

@@exothermal.sprocket Not the case where I live....lumber companies go in take the good stuff and leave tons and tons of slash....environmental types are rarely the religious types as well.

@exothermal.sprocket 3 года назад

@@xxxarmycop Your situation there might be more anecdotal. What I mean by religious, they worship the earth essentially and many refer to it as mother. That's a religion.

@african_huntsman 3 года назад

Thank you Ron, you're such a legend and inspiration even for young guys like me I'm 15.keep on keeping on

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Thanks Cameron. I love hearing from young go-getters like you. Keep on keeping on yourself! Maybe we'll bump into one another in the field someday.

@african_huntsman 3 года назад

@@RonSpomerOutdoors hopefully but I live in south africa in the province of kzn you should drop by some time there are lots of awesome places to hunt like goss farm in pongola.💪

@african_huntsman 3 года назад

@Eric E thank you sir

@brentworls8509 3 года назад

Love my great-grandfather's old-old Winchester Model 12 in 16 gauge for birds. Full choke is great for pheasants, but for your hunt, modified or more open would be great. The 16 hits perfectly hard for big birds.

@joebirdwell5071 3 года назад

Thanks for taking your old crippled fans along on your hunt. I loved bird hunting with my GSP Indian Brook Fritz!

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Covey says HI to Indian Brook Fritz.

@hedge7743 3 года назад

Awesome hunting, awesome scenery, awesome company. Thanks Ron.

@jeanmorin3247 3 года назад

Man I enjoyed this. You just want to be there with you, covering the right wing.

@Me2Lancer 3 года назад

Thank you Ron. You and Cubby really put some work into this grouse hunt. That break action 16 gauge brings back fond memories. My dad inherited a break action 16 gauge and it was the first centerfire firearm I ever fired.

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

We'll be after chukars and Huns in Hell's Canyon soon. Videos to follow, I hope.

@eddieb4227 Год назад

@@RonSpomerOutdoorsin Idaho or Canada?

@DavidJones-lw2lp 3 года назад

Great video Ron, great to see Covey doing her thing. Made cooler by the “heat it and eat it” cooking session and the Mossberg T shirt, desperate to get my hands on one of those! 👍🏻

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Thanks 👍

@mikecollins8241 3 года назад

Hey Ron, I am getting ready to build the 4th version of my truck bed camping set up, and I'm wondering if you could do a quick video on your bed/ storage set up? A little off the topic of guns but I bet a bunch of other folks would like to see it as well ;)

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Might do that. Didn't know anyone cared.

@mikecollins8241 3 года назад

@@RonSpomerOutdoors I'm sure there are many of us who travel and (at least some times) camp in our trucks :) Trailers are great, but limit you, motel rooms make it too easy to "sleep in" on crappy days.. nothing will get you out of bed like waking up in elk country, during season when it's 11 degrees outside, and you are in the back of your truck!

@chuckminick9511 3 года назад

Loved it Ron , I became a hunter on Ruffed Grouse when I was a kid in North Western Washington state this brought back some great memories of hunting in the 70s

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Thanks Chuck.

@eddieb4227 Год назад

Chuck, where did you grow up? I'm out of Forks.

@gizmocarr3093 3 года назад

I was never lucky enough to hunt grouse in the west. Hunting grouse in Pennsylvania and north to New Brunswick is similar with exception of being done at lower altitudes. In some areas you had a mix of Pheasants, Woodcock and Quail. In other areas you might find Ruff Grouse and Woodcock. However; hunting Grouse meant Grouse in mountain woods and Ringnecks in rolling farm lands. West Virginia and Ohio had good hunting too. A good day hunting for Grouse was counting the flushes. There were fewer shots and Grouse taken than bird’s flushes. Getting a pair of Grouse or limit was a rare occasion for time spent. I figured on walking ten miles for every Grouse I put in my game bag as doing pretty good. Best thing about hunting Grouse is seldom seeing anyone else most days. It doesn’t get any better hunting Grouse alone with just the company of your Dog. As Grouse guns go; I like short barrels and light weight guns; and having a sling on one is even better. I shot two doubles on Grouse in my life; both times using a 20ga. So that is the best gun for me. My second choice is a 28ga. If you are a hardcore Grouse hunter we all have one thing in common. Sitting down for a break sharing your lunch with your dog. Then having a Grouse flushing giving you the best shot of the day with a cup of coffee in your hand. You had pretty good day in your video. I suggest leaving that Yuppie smoothie machine home and eat man food. ✨👏✨🍺🍜

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

What?! No more fruit smoothies! Well, I need to give up milk anyway, so my wife might inherit this machine. Maybe she'll concoct some nice milkless fruit smoothies. Maybe I can find recipe for Pina Colada with ice cream!

@gerry6.8 3 года назад

Awesome hunt, congratulations! Absolutely love Covey, such a beautiful dog.

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Thanks 👍. Covey is one pretty dog!

@timnelson75 3 года назад

Wow, rough country for bird hunting. That looked more like hunting deer and elk. My bird hunting consists of dove, pheasant, duck and geese on the rice fields/farm land.

@randalljeffs7272 3 года назад

I usually find ruffed grouse on shady north side slopes in heavy pines. Good targets of opportunity during scouting for deer and elk season. They have a great flavor but are sometimes a little tough. Wonderful video. Love your channel.

@jerryjohnsonii4181 3 года назад

I absolutely love my Franchi Veloce 20 gauge Over / Under for pheasant hunting !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@aaronwilcox6417 3 года назад

I got on these in north and Central Idaho. I use an old Winchester 12 20ga and an Alex Henry 12ga double.

@smokingolly 3 года назад

Someday I would love to go out west and hunt. Being a farmer in Ohio not much time to get away

@duckwacker8720 3 года назад

Looks like a porcupine chewed up the tree.

@foreveryoursbk01 3 года назад

going back out tomorrow three in the freezer

@stephenland9361 3 года назад

Living in north central British Columbia, the Ruffed Grouse is the most common grouse we see. On occasion a Spruce Grouse is added to the bag. A favourite way to cook them at my place is to cut the meat into bite sized cubes and do them up in good old Shake 'N Bake. The kids call it "grouse nuggets". Maybe it's the lower population (thus lower hunting pressure) around here compared to most places in the US, along with the vast areas of forest but I can safely say that a day's grouse hunting will usually lead to a full daily limit of ten birds. Back when all five kids still lived at home, that was simply putting food on the table. Now that all five are on their own, a few hours out in the afternoon will provide three or four, just right for the wife and myself. Two for dinner that night and leftovers in the fridge for a tasty, memorable snack the next day.

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Mmm mm. Sounds good Stephen. Enjoy.

@jasonrottlaender1721 3 года назад

I like your videos. I don't know how you can take a gun like that with out scratching and dinging it. I fall at least once and get crap all over my synthetic 20 gage franchi. Bent my ramp falling 2 years ago. Grouse sure lead me into a lot of places I never wanted to go.

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Guns are built to hunt, so I hunt them. Best of luck getting your birds and staying off the ground this season, Jason.

@aspitofmud6257 3 года назад

I remember hunting turkeys in n. Arizona with my dad when I was 12. My dad spotted 2 turkeys behind a log with just their heads showing. My dad let me shoot first with my single shot 12ga. Direct hit on one and a single pellet through the head of the second. My dad hurried to put them in the game bag and said we were done hunting. Dad cleaned them in the trailer with the door closed. Cooked them in the fire after dark and then I found out how much I loved the taste of grouse. Yep. 😁

@markpaul8178 3 года назад

Ron,I love your franchi bird gun.Looks like 26 in barrel and no doubt as light as a BB gun.With the gun being 16 guage it doesn't destroy the bird when you shoot it.Back in the 70s and 80s I used to hunt ruffed grouse ,woodcock,snipe,and bobwhite quail.Watching your video brings back the memories I have when I used to hunt.Great looking bird dog.

@commanderorange3771 3 года назад

Hi Ron, I've got a question, as a 22 year old searching through any and what seems to be every book I can get my hands on in terms of gunnery, which can be difficult as many in my generation and vicinity seem to be opposed to such an amazing sport, has led to myself to do research to find good books, will you ever do book reviews, namely of books that you think have quality information in them. I've been reading Sharpe, Sharp (with no "e"), Lamark, Forsyth, Baker, Greener, Whelen, Walsh, Stebbins, Caldwell, Ness, I also just bought a book by Askins, as well a book by Ruark, and some others. The reason I ask this, is that you, being a gun writer, would in my reason have some knowledge on gun writers and sportsmen of the past. I've been interested in the loading and usage of certain cartridges and actions. I would appreciate any advice on other writers of long ago, many of which used cartridges and certain actions in their hunts. Many sportsmen it seems of today's time are to busy with gadgets than real skill and it seems so much of the information about guns and cartridges of the present day are made and written by people that have no rightful say in the matter. Ron, I take you as an individual that knows his stuff, that's why I ask. Thank you, for not only presenting a much needed channel on RU-vid, but also answering the questions of your viewers, sincerely CommanderOrange.

@WillyK51 3 года назад

Don't forget hunting and fishing magazines like Field and Stream, Outdoor Life and Sports Afield if the are still published, They helped 60 years ago

@commanderorange3771 3 года назад

@@WillyK51 Yes,those are awesome, and luckily my dad has a plethora. Thank you for replying.

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Commander, look for books by Elmer Keith and Jack O'Connor. Bob Milek. John Barsness. Bryce Towsley. Wayne van Zwoll. Layne Simpson. Michael McIntosh for shotguns. Terry Weiland for dangerous game rifles. Sam Fadala.

@commanderorange3771 3 года назад

@@RonSpomerOutdoors Thank you Ron, I very much appreciate it. Some of these names I've never heard of, but I will most definitely find where I can aquire their books. Thank you.

@WillyK51 3 года назад

@@RonSpomerOutdoors Im a big bore fan bacause of Elmer Keith, Hard cast and big bore

@bcpioneer59 3 года назад

Pretty thick bush for shot gunning a flyer. Funny you are trying to target Spruce and I know many people in BC that will not even shoot one as they are tougher and not as tasty as Ruffed/willow or Blues. Looks like you and your pup had a good day in the woods

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Need just one spruce to notch Covey's belt. I can't imagine why they'd be any tougher than the others. Behavior of all is quite similar. Meat might be a bit darker. I can't remember, it's been so long.

@bcpioneer59 3 года назад

@@RonSpomerOutdoors I will take any grouse I see, they definitely have a dense texture compared to other grouse, I am not sure, if they tend to eat less appealing food, or if they are like fish. You can get different salmon or trout and they vary in flavor between same type of animal ? Keep up the good work, thanks for your videos

@waynestone6462 3 года назад

My uncle's farm is infested with ruffled grouse here in eastern Kentucky ! I just can't hit them !

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Thats the kind of infestation I'd like!

@jonfranklin4583 3 года назад

Doesn't get much better, getting in some quality time with Covey And bringing home some good eating!

@SiskiyouMountainman 3 года назад

Well done sir. You are my favorite writer and video host. I really appreciate your humor and ease in the field. Some folks take it all to serious, we’re supposed to be having fun right. I just brought home brace of blue’s and they hit the pan tonight. Fast and hot right 🥩

@michaelfrench3396 3 года назад

I've never actually seen the grouse while grouse hunting. However, while hiking through the same area that I grouse hunt at a different time of year they scare the bejesus out of me on a regular basis blasting out of the woods 😂😂😂 I think I'm out classed 😂😂 thoughts on a 28 gauge? It's my favorite bird gun.

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

I usually shoot a 28 ga., but had to review this 16 Franchi for someone, so thought I'd try it. Sweet handling!

@z06ix 3 года назад

Excellent video, you don't see a lot grouse videos....

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Thank you very much!

@ryanmoeller3308 3 года назад

That looks like a LOT of fun!! I've never hunted Grouse, but I'd love too! If you ever find yourself in Southern Arizona, we have GREAT Dove and Quail hunting! It'd be awesome to hunt with ya! Keep up the GREAT work good sir! Much respect and support from Yuma, AZ. 👍👍

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Ryan, I've had some incredible quail hunts around Oracle, Sonoita, etc. Let me know when the populations are high. I've got to get back down there.

@ryanmoeller3308 3 года назад

@@RonSpomerOutdoors Will do good sir! They should be really good! We've gotten quite a bit of rain and I've ran into a lot of them. How can I get in touch with ya?

@skippylippy547 3 года назад

Loved this video! 👍 Hunting grouse is one of my favorite activities. "Covey" is a great bird dog. ❤️

@eddieb4227 Год назад

Ruffled, sage, sooty, spruce,dusky,sharp-tail grouse. That's what's in Washington

@Nathan-zw7nq 24 дня назад

I’m looking at buying that same gun from an owner at the gun club I work at. I have no idea why 16 gauge isn’t more popular. If it was the manufacturers would make wider variety of ammunition and guns for it.

@kurtreinhardt6789 3 года назад

Great video- lots of spruce grouse where I am in northern Ontario if you feel like taking a road trip

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Thanks for the tip!

@Imragnar1 3 года назад

Porcupine working that tree I'll bet

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

That sounds about right. I usually see them on smaller trees and they eat way more than that, but the tooth marks look about right size. Still, the consistent vertical lines suggest an elk's up and down bite. Oh well, either way it's a fun find.

@matthewtalich9989 Год назад

16 ga is a great upland game caliber. I love the dedicated 2 3/4" chamberings which make for amazing slick pump action. Sadly when 3" offerings for 12 and 20 gauge hit the market dedicated 2 3/4" actions as factory new guns disappeared. Nothing wrong with shooting it out of a side by side or over under either.

@jeremiah7855 3 года назад

Expensive shotgun but beautiful I hope I get some nice things like that one day

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

I hope you do too. Save your $ and it can happen. When I was younger I resisted booze, coffee, tobacco and wild wild women to concentrate on getting the hunting gear I needed. Life frugally, hunt hard.

@briarsandbantams 3 года назад

@@RonSpomerOutdoors deadlines. Noticed you said wild wild women. So plain ole wild women are acceptable? Asking on behalf of the younger, spyer, and far less married folks on here.

@mdsjr759 Год назад

I’ve been hunting over my fathers dogs since I was ten years old. I’m 37 now and started running my own dogs in 2005. My father can’t get around anymore but watching this video and seeing that terrain brought back sooooo many memories. I loved this video, thank you for producing such quality content.

@charlesbrumback5051 8 месяцев назад

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@ValcoBayrunner 2 года назад

I see you sleep in the back of your truck still. Im 54 and still haven't bought a slide in camper yet 😜. Maybe someday.

@cracky_wainwright Месяц назад

Fine video and adventure. I don't think we have any grouse here in Alabama, so this is educational.

@GaryBlankenship96b40 3 года назад

We got 2 wired hair vesalas that are chomping at bit to hunt as season gets closer

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Vizsla? The red ones from Hungary? I didn't know they had wired haired versions. Good luck.

@GaryBlankenship96b40 3 года назад

@@RonSpomerOutdoors yeap and these came from hungry any suggestions as where to go i try new places each year ordered a 2022 dodge ram 3500 high output cummins supposr to come first wrek octobet

@GaryBlankenship96b40 3 года назад

@@RonSpomerOutdoors was thinking snake river area idaho has 5 species but had 90,000 acres burn ladt year se of twin falls

@SigmaWolfOutdoors 3 года назад

Nose in the wind ..is getting kinda birdie ...we could get em all started early ..but we"re gonna save sum for another day...ohh...get up ..get em on the rise ... Gun em down ..... Ain"t life fun when you. Got a good gun dog.....

@cameroncassel994 3 года назад

Great video Ron, we here in Wyoming hunted ruff grouse and blue grouse. My dad and I got 5 ruffies and 3 blues. Super good eating.

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Good stuff

@drewpetrey5804 3 года назад

What a wonderful video! Thanks so much for sharing Ron!!

@bobsundquist2039 2 года назад

I break out my grandfathers Stevens single 16 when going out for grouse. It is more for nostalgia.

@mel_2506 3 года назад

I love shooting my 16, but ammo has gotten high and hard to find...

@helpme7479 2 года назад

What breed is ur dog? Beautiful

@GG-jw8pt Год назад

English setter. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@craigschaefer8764 2 года назад

Beautiful point, and good shooting. Heat um and eat um. Just my style. 🤣🤣

@guaporeturns9472 Год назад

Shot hundreds of grouse.. probably got less than 10 on the wing😂

@happyclampopper 3 года назад

No offense Ron, you're great but Covey is why I subscribed.

@Quentin217 Год назад

I have found that Shake and Bake is very good for oven frying or pan frying grouse and chuckars.

@thecamerashyhuntingfishingguy Год назад

Tripping over spruce grouse in central and northern Alberta . Blue grouse are the rare ones here. Happy hunting

@allenwilson9656 3 года назад

Kinda like my ex-girlfriend high , steep and thick ! Lol

@Idahoguy10157 3 года назад

Good to see a 16 gauge double in use

@jasonf.4107 3 года назад

Great video. We live in Colorado and just got our first hunting dog, a German Shorthaired Pointer. I just started to plan a grouse hunting trip with her - can’t wait!

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Good luck.

@watariovids1645 3 года назад

Looks like your dog was having a good time.

@whitebear9699 3 года назад

That was fun!

@jonlambert1879 3 года назад

makes me want to go find the grouse i seen up the hill by were i live with my 22lr

@andrewkloock8105 3 года назад

What type of dog is that ?

@GG-jw8pt Год назад

English setter 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍

@kylevigil8653 Год назад

Nice video im thinking of getting a franchi . Nice looking dog to !

@tomhman6441 3 года назад

There’s a reason you only have so few subscribers.

@juliusjames5577 3 года назад

I bet that old dog is tired after that. His dog looks like it did ok though.

@northwestwildandfree1505 3 года назад

What a great video Ron! Even our Black Lab (Wigeon) enjoyed the video. She has never really watched a show like that. I think she spotted your dog hunting and was quite interested. Love your style!

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Always cool when a dog recognizes another dog on screen. Thanks NW.

@rudysroots2789 3 года назад

Ron, I’m a big fan and chat with you often on here. Watching you prep that meat and noticed your veins popping then I saw you have zero belly 😳 You exercise often or just will power and food choices?

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Just lucky genetics.

@cheryltysver6132 3 года назад

I noticed the same thing about Ron and I am glad you asked! Now I am a little curious about his age... ahem (if you know who, is listening)?

@bushcraftnorthof6012 3 года назад

Such a lovely video. Was out hunting sprucies with the missus yesterday. Rough and wet hiking on Canadian shield and boreal forest north of Yellowknife, but it was fun and successful. That bark chew looks very similar to what our moose do to poplar trees up here. I watched two other grouse hunting videos before yours came up, and both were rampant with muzzle sweeping each other. Sheesh! Always enjoy your videos and demeanor. If you're ever up this way, let me know. Happy hunting!

@johnrudy9404 6 месяцев назад

Mr Spomer,..came here after reading about Covey in my issue of NRA Hunter. Beautiful pic of her on the cover, eyes intent on point and paw up. Have had 8 ESs, working on #9. Good episode. C looks like shes having a ball, in her element.

@Chalz108 3 года назад

Delicious. Grouse nuggets 😋

@christophercloudstrider5877 Год назад

I gotta get one of those smoothie blenders.

@vademecum8184 3 года назад

Really nice video. What type of English Setter Covey is? I like her calm demeanor.

@paulcallicoat7597 3 года назад

I believe Covey is a Lewellin Setter.I have 2 right now and had 2 that passed after hunting with them for 16 years.Noses that are amazing and they set the birds if the woods aren't too dry.No dog can set birds in crunchy loud conditions. The Lewellins don't require much training as they are bred for upland bird hunting. I took my Houdini kennel pup out at 6 months and he got me a limit of Ruffs without any problem.Retrieving has to be taught.I had one who would grab the bird if it was flopping but would leave it where it fell.Forced retrieve training is possible if you start early but I never lost any birds because he would lead me to the bird if it fell into heavy cover. They make good companions but need exercise daily of will get antsy and do a lot of barking at any noise. Barking is what they do best,lol.

@siegehammer63 2 года назад

I found my first big boomer spruce grouse hunting moose the year before last, my dad and I have a 20 gauge "beater" Pointer over under I took for a walk next to the border of a wildlife corridor we'd seen a big bull dissappear into the day before, hoping to call him out. I saw several ruffs and spruce, so the next day I took the shotgun along, and as I didn't have my lab I still hunted across deep moss and the soggy floor of a pine forest in a swampy bottom. Ended up ground swatting a big old cock bird and then tagging one of his two hens, promptly plucked and turned them into camp fare. Good days. I find lots of them in those edges of where swamps, bogs, and creek bottoms meet older pine woods.

@brandonmolinaro2705 Год назад

Making excited for some pheasant hunting 😂😂😂

@brandonmolinaro2705 Год назад

Making me

@g-man2228 3 года назад

Covey, great name and a cutie at that…

@outdoorfreedom9778 3 года назад

I'm in the foothills close to Yosemite and hunted Quail until a few years ago when my back and knees said enough. I kept going down in gauge to get a lighter and lighter gun. My model 42 was about perfect but lacking a bit in our heavy brush. I settled on the Model 12 in 16ga and had a special stock made for it. It turned into my upland gun. Lightweight and plenty of punch! The 16 never became popular in the west but after hunting with one I don't know why?

@vadenk4433 3 года назад

Beautiful dog Ron. I live and hunt Northeast Washington and I recognize that habitat and I know how hard it is to wingshoot in. I’m actually heading up tomorrow between Preist lake and Sullivan Landon the Wa side looking for Blues but I always end up in Spruce grouse. If you wanna come Spruce grouse hunt I’m your man lol.

@markhansen8078 2 года назад

The last time I got to hunt ruffed grouse was in Ohio back in 1989. I managed to kill one that we flushed. I took a quick shot at it as it flew though the hardwood forest. I saw exactly where it fell and it took 15 minutes of searching to find it. I stood three feet away from it but could not see it. If somebody wanted to make a good woodland camo imitate a ruffed grouse. We ate it that night for supper. It was very good. Two days later I was in Florida starting a whole new life, which is where I live today.

@lawrencemartinjr6888 3 года назад

I love this video and content! Great work!👍🏻

@RonSpomerOutdoors 3 года назад

Thanks so much!

@markk9794 2 года назад

Picture of the finished dish?

@nedjones7678 3 года назад

Ron, What a nice presentation and so well communicated as usual. When I was a youth I thought the only thing worth doing was grouse hunting. These days I have some mobility issues and no dog, so enjoy doing it vicariously through you. The cover certainly was thick. I enjoy seeing Covey work. Thanks Ned Jones P.S. I had read your TriStar side-by-side article in American Hunter but failed to connect it with you. A video presentation would be nice.

@jorgevaz5150 3 года назад

Hi Mr spomer habitat looks great,very different to here in the rsa🇿🇦 beutifull hope you guys enjoyed it👍👌

@paulcallicoat7597 3 года назад

I think Covey is deserving of some grouse! I always give my lewellins some of the guts.I also gut the birds before putting into the pouch.Blues and Duskies almost always are found below or above scree rock slopes.Ruffs are usually lower elevation and timbered slopes in the Cascades. Dry conditions will put them into creek ravines which can be hard on the dog. Hiking up above 6k from 2k on a trailhead will wear a dog out unless you keep them on a leash til you get to altitude.Lots of water for the dogs in important,too. I carry a big camel bac if there is no water til almost up to the hunt area.These dogs are water hogs so if you don't give them a drink every half hour they can get heat stroke. On chukars and pheasant,quail they need even more water.I carry a kid pool and fill if so they can jump in and wallow if there isn't a creek or pond available.