Ruffed Grouse Hunting & Truck Camping (My BEST Grouse Hunt Filmed to Date) Part 1 

Thank you 🤭

Thanks so much for the comment and following along! Good luck out there yourself, cheers!

Thanks a lot Mike! Hope you’re having a great season 👍🏻

Great to hear man 👍🏻

Thank you!

Good to hear from you this year! Hope you had a great trip, good luck the rest of the season!

Right on! Great to hear man. Good luck out there, more to come soon!

Thanks man! the trees keep it interesting, sometimes you just gotta shoot regardless!

Thank you! Good luck out there yourself, thanks for following along 👍🏻

appreciate the comment! Thanks for following along 👍🏻

Thank you 👍🏻

Thank you!

Right on, great to hear! Good luck up there 👍🏻👍🏻

Appreciate that and the comment man! Glad you guys managed to get into some birds, there's nothing quite like that country. Best of luck the rest of the season and thanks for following along 👍🏻

Awesome to hear dude! That’s a helluva day, congrats on your success!!

Thank you!

Always feels good to get a little toasty before hopin in the truck at night!

Stings a little now, but it’s always a good sign for future birds and habitat down the road 👍🏻

@@UplanderLifestyle not in this state. It was one of the last places I could go to find good grouse. The DNR has destroyed many other good habitats I used to hunt. I live 5 minutes away from Mt. Baker and I haven't seen any grouse in 8 years! They keep deforestation going, killing broods. It sad.

We’ll put it on the menu at home this week 🤌🏻

Thank you! It’s a good time to be in the woods 👍🏻

Great to hear! Yes this was the New Weatherby that I talked about in the last video. I’ve been shooting it pretty dang good (knock on wood lol).

It was gonna go either one of two after I saw that grouse next to the truck. We were gonna have a great day or see nothing at all 🤣 ended up being a good one!

Ha! I think the biggest thing when grouse hunting is just being a quick shot. If you can pull up and shoot quick instinctively, you'll be knocking birds down.

@@UplanderLifestyle def learning that a pointer gives ya more time to think about it haha. Not a good thing always.

Thank you! Yes, I use various apps and websites that give you information on the ages of cuts and habitat.

Thanks for following along! I have been enjoying shooting the new Weatherby, it is a touch lighter and has a slimmer profile overall which makes it nicer to hold. It’s balanced good and I’ve been shooting it well since I picked it up 👍🏻

Thanks Craig! My bad on that I did forget to leave out one piece of the puzzle, which was my Garmin watch I wear. It connects to my handheld via Bluetooth and tells me my dogs distance and direction, just like the handheld does. The Bluetooth connection range between the handheld and watch is like 30 feet, so when I lost the handheld unit, my watch eventually lost connection with it too. And that’s how this all started when I looked down at my watch and noticed it was stuck on saying the dog was 34 yards away. So as I back tracked I was hoping to get close enough to the handheld that my watch would connect again. I did get close enough and the watch connected and said the dog was 13 feet away from it. So I grabbed the dogs gps collar, and walked in the direction my watch said the distance was to the handheld until I found it.

@@UplanderLifestyle I have a Garmin 200i and a Samsung watch. I wonder if I can connect like that as well. Great tool as I had mine pop off the belt clip. Have you ever hunted the Upper Peninsula in Michigan? I am in NY and can walk 5 miles and only put up 1 or 2 grouse.

I don’t have an exact number, but I’ve been shooting over 50% on the season, I’m probably connecting on every 3 out of 5 birds I’m shooting at. Good luck the rest of the season to you and your pup!

Its an addicting one 👍🏻 thanks for following along!

Their size, demeanor, trainability and style all fit for what I’m looking for and do 👍🏻

I talk about that at the end of the video before this one, you can check it out here Back in the Northwoods! Early Season Ruffed Grouse Hunting with a NEW SXS! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ur25b-ynAqk.html Thanks for following along!

Garmin T5 mini

Pyke Wingman

I’ve been shooting a side by side for the past 3 years and I really enjoy them, especially for grouse hunting. The two barrels with the bead between them give your eye a natural spot to look to when shouldering the gun. I believe because of that I get on target much faster to connect on shots. Thanks for following along!

@@UplanderLifestyle great answers and I am currently looking at the Cz bobwhite g2 southpaw and looking forward to that being a great gun for up here. Thanks for the advice and keep on hunting and doing work. Love the dogs!!!

Thank you for following along! There’s something magical about being in the grouse woods this time of year, as I’m sure you know 👍🏻 my dogs are Brittany’s! Thanks for following along and your service to FWP of the years, congrats on retirement. Good luck this season!

@@UplanderLifestyle I thought they were Brittany's just wanted to verify. I had to put my last Springer down this spring so I don't have a dog now. I had a friend in MN who had a Brittany it was an amazing dog. I may consider one. I actually retired as Director and really loved the job!

Yes

@@UplanderLifestyle that’s awesome! Cool to see a fellow younger guy in the sport. Just found your channel and been enjoying your content