The Foxes get the Chickens

[Silvers]

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[bbman3]

Frank, glad you had a great time1 i have not shot a grouse since around 1979 and i really enjoyed the hunts back then! Bobby

[HIGH$TRAP]

Frank, Thanks for sharing your hunt with those of us still stuck in the work week. Weekends get here way too slow and are over way too quick.

[mc15426378]

Aaaaggghhh!!! You're killing me with this hunting during the work week.

Beautiful pics. The BE sure is a nice looking piece. Knockout wood!!

Mike

[fox-admin]

Frank: Great pictures! Yesterday the weather was classic fall weather in the Northeast. The BE looks very handsome with that fine grouse. Three of us hunted in the Himrod area south of Syracuse. Flushed eight birds in 5 hours and bagged two, yours truly missed my one opportunity. Thanks again for the pictures. Craig

[JakeFlyFish]

Hey! That's my old gun! How's it working out for you? I"m so glad to see it in the woods and being used. It's quite a beautiful gun. Jerry

[Silvers]

Thanks all for the feedback. I just can't pass up these fall days; even when I worked full time I'd take floating vacation days to get out for the birds. It's nice to hunt the same area for many years. After a while you get to know where you might find the chickens.

Yup Jerry that's the Fox you're thinking of. Actually she went to an associate but I later swapped another gun for her. She only weighs 6-7 and was obviously ordered for grouse, and yesterday was the first time she was out hunting with me here in PA. Weather was nice, no rain in sight, no sense in keeping her locked away. Silvers

[Jim Cloninger]

Hi Frank, where is your grouse dog? Jim

[Silvers]

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[MARSHFELLOW]

Pan Silvers,

........absolutely great pix!!!! good for you!!!! Keep enjoying the blessings.

tjw

[Sam Ogle]

Frank;
Your title brought a wave of nostalgia. My Grandfather called Prairie Chickens and Sharptail Grouse "Chickens."
In the Nebraska Sandhills hayfield summers, when there were maturing young "chickens," he would say to Grandma, "Mom the young chickens are ready."
She would say "why don't you get me four, (or five)."
He would drive down to the meadow with a .22 rifle, and shoot that many in the head. The one's he had not shot would run over and peck at the one flopping on the ground while he calmly shot them with an open-sighted .22, never missing, filling the grocery order.
Then, he would draw and skin them, and we would have fresh "chickens" for dinner the next day.
Was it illegal? Yep, suppose so. But, he had been doing it all his life.
Is that kind of thing still done today? Why, no.......absolutely NOT.
(grins.)
Sam Ogle, Nebraska

[Magwa45]

I wish I could get up to PA and hunt some of those chickens! Down here in Maryland, we have only squirrel. Maybe way out in western MD you might be able to find some grouse. But PA would still be closer. Any good place to hunt grouse in southeastern or south central PA? I might take a trip for that.

Don

[loggy]

My Grandmother grew up at a stage stop. They would never know how many passengers they would need to feed. When the stage came in they would shoot enough "chickens" (sage grouse) and make a batch of biscuits to feed the crew. I still call all upland birds chickens. Not everyone knows what I am talking about but if I ask the pups if they want to go find some chickens they are ready to go. That B is sure a beauty. You sure do find your share of nice guns-John