grouse shot on the wing?

[jerrod]

Has anyone attempted to grouse hunt late season,  and has anyone connected on a wing shot?  This would have to be incredibly tough as they are so fast to get out of dodge.  Some pics if anyone has gotten lucky....

[Tom Leemans]

Hey it's hard enough with a scattergun! They are like doves. They seem to know just when to turn.

[Easykeeper]

Originally posted by Tom Leemans:
Hey it's hard enough with a scattergun! They are like doves. They seem to know just when to turn.

Man, isn't that the truth.  Grouse on the wing...might as well just shoot my arrows into the woods...LOL.

[Orion]

I've shot a few in the pre-flight condition with my bow.  Have never been close to getting a shot at a grouse on the wing.  Now with my Brittany and 28-gauge, it's a different story.

[Bowhunter4life]

I've shot Spruce Grouse in Alaska, and Blue's in Montana, but never on the wing...  They always seem to know when to zig or zag just before the arrow connects.

[oxnam]

I may have to give that a try next year.  Snaking an arrow through the brush and timber on a moving bird would be quite tough though.  Hopefully someone here can share a success story.

[wooddamon1]

Never on the wing. They usually scare the crap outta me taking off while I'm strolling through the woods. I did kill a Blue up in the mountains last fall though while it sat on a log...

[stagetek]

I've shot a few on the ground, but can't imagine hitting one on the fly.

[sticbow]

ive shot  a chukar on the wing,hit it in the neck with a judo an it flipped end over end a couple times i couldn't do it again in a thousand shots..it was a group of us that got togeather in southern mo a fews years back we had a blast.

[onewhohasfun]

I used to have a photo of Howard Hill. He had about a dozen Quail on a stringer, and the caption read "a mornings bag". Sheese!

[lpcjon2]

That owuld rank up there with a green winged teal with a bb gun.

[PaddyMac]

I've killed more grouse (blues mainly) than just about anything else but never on a wing with a bow and arrow because 9 times out of 10 I'd be shooting off a cliff. It's bad enough with a 20 ga. But for ruffs, I can see it in the late season when the leaves come off. Flu flus will be my project in the spring.

[reddogge]

I also killed a chuckar partridge with a longbow on the wing. I used the old Snaro point.

[Terry Green]

Yep....the smallest one was running along a log....and I was swing drawing on him and expecting him to stop at the end of the log....he didn't and took flight instead....so I kept swinging....

   

[twitchstick]

I have killed a few on the wing over the years. The forest and ruff grouse will let you get up close most of the time for a good shoot. Last years bad winter crushed thier numbers so I didn't have any shooting this year but did take a nice widgen on the wing last month.

[Barry Rowland]

I would love to see it done!  Like everybody has said, I have a hard enough time with a scattergun, let alone a bow.  I'd be thrilled to grab one on the run on the ground.

[Norminator]

Killed a few this year, but they are hard enough to get while still on the ground. I don't have the cojones to launch a $10 arrow at one in the air.

[Catskill Longbow]

I can't imagine doing it here in the eastern woods, hard to get close enough to be in range usually.  They seem to flush at the edge of shotgun range, if you wait too long to pull the trigger they're snaking thru the trees.  The only time I seem to get a really close open shot is when I have a rifle in my hands.

[flinter]

I shot a blue grouse and it flew away with my arrow once. Never did find it.

[Terry Green]

Cat....look behind me...mine were in the aspens...can't think of a more beautiful wood lot to take grouse in.