Finding UNPRESSURED Ruffed Grouse in November!
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- Опубліковано 8 лис 2023
- Ruffed Grouse Hunting in November can be feast or famine. This time of year my focus shifts to finding areas where the grouse have escaped to from pressure in the surrounding areas. These spots will usually produce a lot of fast action or nothing at all. The key is to not get discouraged if you are looking for a spot like this and are not finding birds, you never know when the pay off may be! On back-to-back nights, my brittanys, Yeti and Ember, put together some really good runs with lots of bird action!
I’ve come to the conclusion that Uplander is the only grouse-oriented channel worth watching on UA-cam. The other channels either try too hard to be artsy with long sequences, are Canadians who exclusively ground pound (people find that entertaining?), or hunters uploading shoddy footage from the field.
This is a special thing you’ve got going on with your dogs & the quality of content. To the point, candid, and none of that fluff. Thanks!
I appreciate the kind words and comment! It’s not always the easiest to film, but I do enjoy sharing our hunts in the grouse woods 👍🏻
I agree with you 100%.
Agreed! ... just change the music to something less eletric guitars, please... lol. Great video. Thanks!
@@Allirysstay with the electric guitars
This is real grouse hunting! I love the missed shots, the brush dance and the nice shots. Keep it up man! Excellent. I agree about the artsy crap. This is fun to watch 👍
Hunting with your dad is priceless but Ember pulling the cripple out of the brush pile is awesome…#4 has my vote
Dude….the self defense grouse is some amazing footage. I think this episode is really some of your best footage yet. Thanks for taking us along. Got me excited for the weekend.
Thanks for that man! A couple of really cool moments for sure 👍🏻
@@UplanderLifestylethis is awesome, where are you hunting at ? I’d love to head there next year.
Very nice job brother! I love the respect and appreciation that you show for the king of the gamebird! Also love your dogs and how you’ve trained them! Keep up the great work!
Tight cover, saplings slapping you in the face, birds flushing in all directions... sounds like heaven. Love watching your videos.
If this is ain't heaven I don't want to go. Thanks for following along!
This is the first I’ve seen your vids. I’m an old guy that grew up in far northern WI. Does my heart good to watch someone rough hunting. Anyone thinks this is easy shooting hasn’t been there. I’m pretty good and I’ve hunted with some of the best guns. This is how it is in the real world. Nice dog work, too. Thanks.
An easy shot for a ruffed grouse hunter is a pretty tough shot for most. Thanks for the comment, and thanks for following along!
@@UplanderLifestyle true story. After the first week or so in grouse, when I travel for pheasant, etc I feel like I have time to clean my shotgun between flush and shot.
That grouse was coming out of that brush pile one way or another!!! Outstanding little dog with a huge heart!!!
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Great video! To be honest, its really refreshing to see you miss a couple. I went through a terrible shooting slump during the middle of the season this year. Its reassuring to see some footage that shows that I'm not the only one who struggles sometimes. As I have started to film some of my own hunts, I continue to be amazed at the quality of footage you get and how great you are at editing it all together. Thanks for all the inspiration!
Appreciate that and the comment man! It happens, and sometimes it’s easier said than done to just shoot better when you can’t seem to hit the broadside of a barn. Good luck out there the rest of the season 👍🏻
Your channel is awesome!!
Oh my goodness, this brings back wonderful memorie of when i was young and hunted grouse in the mountains of N.C. with my english setter LADY, it was hard hunting but lady never failed me, i cant say that myself. I loved to hear the rooster's drumming in the fall.it brings tears to my eyes thinking of my loyal companion and the times of yester year that has gone by. Lady is long gone but my memory of her is still embeded forever in my mind. THANK YOU
Thanks for following along! I'm sure you have some cherished memories with Lady in the filed, thanks so much for sharing!
The recovery out of that old slash pile was super good dog work.
Great footage! The effort at 12:50 by Ember is applauded. Kid wasn’t giving up. Good stuff!
Thanks a lot! Good dogs make it look easy!
Best grouse hunting video, keep it up
Thank you for your work! I live and hunt in Northern Michigan, and your videos have helped immensely in improving both my and my dog’s success in the field.
Great to hear you guys are having success! Thanks for following along, and good luck the rest of the season!
Nice job Ember, getting that hiding cripple. 👍
She’s got a pretty good knack for doing that!
@UplanderLifestyle unless you hunt guys don't get it. Those grouse when cripple and still able to run get under the nastiest cover there. They bury them selves in. You would never suspect the bird was hiding right next to you on the forrest floor if not for the dog.
Love your grouse hunting videos. If you do any guiding please let me know I would be one of your clients for sure!!
What a great video! Thank you for all the work it took to shoot, narrate and edit. Love your Britts!
Great to hear, appreciate the kind words and comment!
Really good video of the birds! You’ve done a great job capturing the essence of why chasing after grouse is addicting.
Thanks Ron! 👍🏻
I definitely think that was your best video to date. You had some classic shots and action on that hunt.
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Great video and always enjoy watching your dogs. I think you and Eric Forester got the best bird hunting videos out there. Them straight at ya and duck and turn shots are tuff to make I experienced one last month but you never forget them memories forever. You sure found some honey holes keep up the great videos.
Thanks a lot Gary 👍🏻
I just recently discovered your channel, and now I really enjoy the videos! Big regards from Serbia!
I appreciate that! Thanks for the comment and following along! 👍🏻
Awesome video, killer footage, Cliff! 👍 excellent dog work, especially on the one that went down with a broken leg! Love to see that tenacious fire, further exemplifying the teamwork of man and beast 👊💯
Thanks man! You are right, there really is nothing that compares to the relationship when hunting with your dog. A well oiled machine when both sides understand the assignment.
Excellent videos. Really enjoy them. Nice dogs! Thanks for sharing them!!
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awesome!! always fun when you're taking shots
One of those days you couldn’t touch the barrel without getting burned! Thank you!!
The grouse flying at you was amazing! I've never had that happen. Loved the outro with all the highlights too.
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Well done - great dog work..excellent grouse habitat.
Thank you! 👍🏻 appreciate the comment
Truly beautiful footage of that bird in flight. Great work!
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Nice action on some beautiful days. Always feels better when the game bag is a little heavier too.
Hoping for a few more nice days to finish it out, as you know the weather is always a little finicky this time of year. Lately it had seemed my bag was just gaining weight from empty hulls 🤣
Awesome show, I used to use a toy poodle for bird hunting and she was really good at it, you bring back lots of good memories with this show !!
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awesome hunt,,,, outstanding dog work as always
Thank you! 👍🏻
Wow that was crazy! Awesome footage. Nice work again🤜🤛
Thank you! 👍🏻
Great video of that self defense move. Yeti & Ember were awesome.
Thank you!
Gheezum crow that was a crazy flush. Ive had that happen and ducked before turning and dropping the grouse. Awesome video!
It was! The turn and shoot shots are tough, always good shootin if you can connect on one!
@5:49 That right there was insane. Very cool. I was up in the western U.P at the beginning of October and moved a few birds. Dogless this season but hopefully have a started pup to take up next fall.
It was a pretty wild moment! Glad you were able to get into a few birds this year!
Great work bro. Nice shooting. Tough over brush to be hunting in. You're dog's rock! I love watching them hunt. God Bless.
Thanks a lot man! Hope you’re having a good trip 👍🏻
@@UplanderLifestyle yep its been fantastic. Leaving for home in the morning. Gonna miss my wife terribly though. Looking forward to more goose n duck when I return. God Bless ☺
Man you need your own TV show, great footage.
Appreciate the comment! Thanks for following along! 👍🏻
Some great dog work nice to see. Hitting pheasant tomorrow morning grouse Saturday. Picked up some spreader loads from flocchi.. talking cuts we have few different cuts going on. 3 state game areas ubly Pontiac and Lapeer . Years ago that ubly area was outstanding grouse cover but they let them Aspen stands go . We ran it last year full of deer but no birds . They are clear cutting it right now.. needed a net for that one bird those are hard to hit sometimes..
Thanks man, appreciate that 👍🏻it’s always good to see new habitat being created, we were able to have a small helping hand in some of those areas through donations we made. We’ll be after pheasants tomorrow as well, good luck!
Really cool images 👍👍👍
Thank you!
Fantastic video!
Thank you! 👍🏻
This video is terrific.
Thanks for following along Larry!
Awesome work
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Awesome! I wish I had a bird dog to go along with my rabbit dog!
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Birds coming straight at you like a piss missile are tough shots😂. Another great vid with some good dog work keep it up ur killing it!
Man that ain’t no joke! Those turn and shoot shots always get me 🤣 thanks for following along!
I had 2 of those shots in one UP weekend this October and missed both - it's so unexpected!
Very nice, another enjoyable video. Really enjoy watching all your dogs work, but again must confess to being especially enthralled with Ember. I really like her look, size, style on point and certainly her productivity. How is Fox progressing? Any reports from any of the owners of Embers other pups?
Thanks a lot! Fox has been good, still a young dog, but her enthusiasm to go hunt has never been questioned. She’s still working on handling birds, but all of the pups have been doing great. Everyone has been out hunting and shooting birds with their pup.
Thanks for filming your hunting adventures! I’m headed to Minnesota this coming November for my first grouse hunt. Should I bring along my rubber boots or are regular hunting boots enough?
awesome hunt, if you don’t mind me asking were do you hunt ruffed grouse.
I bought a used Remington 12 ga 1100 with a modified choke barrel. I wasn't satisfied with it for pass shooting on ducks and had a vented Poly choke put on it. That was not satisfactory for grouse so I bought a vent ribbed used skeet barrel and had it cut down to 23 inches. As I have read, a skeet barrel is choked the entire length of the barrel, so even tho I had several inches cut off where the traditional choke would be, the barrel still was choked. The combination was deadly on grouse, from close in to 35 yds. out. Being shorter was an advantage in brush. I put a side mounted scope on the gun and found that the barrel would shoot slugs and sabots for deer every bit as well as a rifled barrel I bought. This was the only shotgun I needed for many years. I discovered something quite by accident. I also discovered that if I practiced with clay pigeons before grouse season opened, I learned to take my time and get out ahead of the bird. My kills increased.
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Appreciate that man! Thanks for following along!
Well.. shotgun hunting is slightly different from airguns haha
I definitely need to give this a go eventually
OUTSTANDING
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November is deer season in Minnesota. ,where are you ??@@UplanderLifestyle
Grouse, and pheasants are very fun.
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Awesome!
Thank you!
I've watched your channel for a couple years now and enjoy the videos, I have a Brit so I enjoy the dog work. Wondering what loads you are using for grouse.
Thanks for following along! Always good to hear from another Brit guy 👍🏻 I don’t use anything special, just target loads, 7.5s and 8s when the leaves are up, then 7.5s and 6s when they fall.
Man I love your dogs pace. What kennel are they out of?
Love the Britts - Northern Wi with my 2 year old Britt for woodcock and grouse is my favorite time of the year! What SxS are you using?
Thanks for following along! Weatherby Orion 20 Ga
Some of the footage in this video looks just like where I hunt in northwestern Michigan. Would this be in Wexford county? Just subbed ... love looking at the great grouse habitat and "riding along" down good ol' Michigan 2-tracks. God bless.
Thanks for following along! This was not in that area.
Another great video and pleasure to watch. Would love to hunt with you and your great Britts. What a day! Fantastic cover. Question: I’ve always hunted smaller covers in New England. When I had a dog years ago it was a close working Brittany (inside 40 yards). You are often calling a GPS alert out at 40-55 yards. You are hunting big covers from the looks and you obviously and justifiably trust your dogs. Do you ever hunt smaller ones and do your dogs quarter in close for you? That was one awesome retrieve under the log. Impressive. And the close point was more reminiscent of a Woodcock point! Wow. Good stuff. Thanks.
Thanks for the comment! 👍🏻 my dogs do run a bit bigger, and I like to drop them into bigger areas because of it. We will hunt some smaller spots if the cover is right and I feel like we can go in and find some birds on a short route. But for the most, we don’t because in the areas we’re in they will only produce a bird or two. It’s worth my time to go into bigger areas and find 8-12 birds on a walk vs going from multiple smaller spots to achieve the same bird numbers.
Jealous that you have so many big spots. A 4 bird, 8 flush hunt is big for me. Solo without dogs that’s a lot of walking.
That was awesome.... What state are you hunting in?
Man, you got some awesome footage! Its the stuff like that, that happens usually a couple times a season that I wish I had a camera for. Are your dogs French brits or American?
Thank you! You are right, there are always one or two hunts every year that stick out with some really cool details. This was one of them. My Brit’s are American. Thanks for following along and the comment, good luck out there 👍🏻
Cool video, good tips. I’m learning the game and get into grouse in fair numbers, but I know I can do better. I normally target prime aged stands of of aspen adjacent to aged out stands. In your experience, do you ever have luck finding concentration of birds in smaller isolated cuts, independent of other aspens in the area? I’m looking at. Few 10-15 acre younger cuts.
Second question, what kennel did your dogs come from? I like smaller pointers, I have a Munsterlander. A Brittany is on my list. Your dogs hunt like mine does. They are good little dogs.
There may be a bird in those smaller spots, but I'm usually looking for bigger areas to maximize my time and get more bird contacts in one walk.
i like your dogs which kennel are they from??
Hey what guage & load are you shooting …great videos!
20 ga Weatherby Orion SXS. Shooting 7.5s when the leaves are up, and 7,5s and 6s when they drop! Thanks!
Nice work. I thought grouse lived in high elevations.
What state are you in?
There are different species of grouse, some only live in the mountains and high elevation like Blue and Dusky Grouse. Ruffed grouse can be found in most areas of the US, as long as the habitat is there, unfortunately there's not much left in most states.
Any concerns about wolf encounters with your dogs? That was always in the back of my mind along with porkies.
No, not really. Wolves, porkys, grass seeds, wire fence, disease/illness, torn ligaments etc... there's always a level of risk involved when running a dog. Just one of the things you have to accept if you're going to hunt with a dog.
Who ever. Is. Running. Your. Camera.... is. Doing. An. Excellent. Job....m
Thanks for the comment Jim - much appreciated! I am a one man band, filming and hunting simultaneously 😅
I. Noticed. On. Another. Video... the. Camera. On. The. Hat... still. A. Great. Job. No matter. How. It. Was. Done...
Great video. What GPS tracking collar are you using on the dogs?
Thank you! Garmin T5 mini collars and an Astro 430 GPS handheld unit.
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I love snap shooting! Nice shotgun
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Is this in Wisconsin
Whats the shotgun you use? What chokes.
Awesome video
Thank you 👍🏻 it’s a Weatherby Orion SXS, shooting IC and Mod chokes this time of year.
Where did you get the white bead for your Orion?
It’s not white, maybe just be a reflection you’re seeing. It’s the bead that came on the gun
Awesome video. Are your dogs brittanys?
Thank you! Yes they are Brit’s 👍🏻
Finding unpressured birds these days is fairly easy. Just go where the roads and 4wheeler trails arent. Im up alond canadian border by crane lake mn and if youre more than 50yards iff a trail or road its virgin birds. Always can wrangle up a limit by 9am most days.
Nice man! We’re not that far north and the birds definitely get hit even off the trails. When you find a spot that hasn’t been touched it can be magical 👌🏻 thanks for following along and good luck the rest of the season!
@@UplanderLifestyle absolutely man. Keep making em go "poof"
I am moving back to Northern Michigan andI want to get into bird hunting again. I always used a single shot 16 gauge, shooting number five or six shot shells in the past. I picked up a 28 gauge over under. For bird hunting, what shot would you prescribe, seven and a half, eight or nine? Also what choke, full, improved/modified?
Thanks for following along! For ruffed grouse hunting specifically I really like 7.5s and 8s, especially earlier in the year when the foliage is up. The small shots whistles through the leaves much better without losing energy compared to bigger shots. Plus the smaller shot gives you more BBs in your pattern, a huge upside when shooting in the woods. I will shoot open chokes because I want my pattern to be as big as possible. Skeet and Improved Cylinder. When the leaves fall I'll switch to a modified choke and If I'm really feeling frogy I'll throw a #6 in the second barrel.
@@UplanderLifestyle When I was growing up in Manistee in the 60-70's, the smallest I could find was #6. I have plenty of #6 for the 28, guess I better keep an eye out for 7.5 & 8's Thanks for explaining the chokes you use. Very helpful.
What state are you in?
Really great dog love this kind of stuff 👍😊✌️
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What shotgun are you using bro ?
wow ,that area is positively polluted with birds, and man they are out to peck your eyes out!
Yes they were! It can be magical when you find them grouped up in an area and birds are flying every direction! Thanks for the comment 👍🏻
Where are your Britt’s from ?
In addition, I want a SBS what make is yours?
Weatherby Orion SXS in 20 Gauge
What kind of camera setup are you using and video editing software?
Go Pro 10 and Premier Pro
Nice video. What state is this?
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That didn't answer my simple question.
@@mikeveine Does it matter what state?
Hunting at it's finest for me yet I always went solo without a dog to point them out. It's a bit more sporting that way.
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May I ask what model gun you’re using and what are your chokes?
Weatherby Orion Side by Side in 20ga. Earlier in the year I will shoot a Skeet and improved cylinder choke, but this time of year IC & MOD.
@@UplanderLifestyle Thank you. I was just watching a product video of that model.
What type of GPS are you using?
Garmin Astro 430 paired to Garmin T5 mini tracking collars.
Would you sell some tail feathers?....no more grouse in my area
Email me your address and I’ll send some. Uplander18@gmail.com
How can I purchase an “Uplander Hart”?
You can get one from uplanderlifestyle.com
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The one grouse you got with the red tail feathers... Ive gotten a few like that in one particular area that i hunt and ive always wondered what the meaning if the red tail feathers is. Perhaps someone in this comment section is alittle more educated than me on grouse hunting.
There are two phases of ruffed grouse red and gray. I've hunted ruffed grouse from Minnesota to Alaska and they are always two color phases. In my experience it's always random and is one more attraction to these beautiful birds.
There's a few different color phases... Red, gray, brown, chocolate, a few more I think too. The most common are Gray and Red. I don't find as many red birds, but the areas that I do find the red ones in will consistently produce red colored birds every year.
Do you still go early December?
Weather permitting, yes I will.
That footage of the bird flying past your head was wild 😂
Where is it? Michigan? If you really (hunters and other liars welcome, eh?) moved 22 grouse in 2 hours, I need to see it. Hi from Ontario.
Damn. You caught me, I really only moved 3 birds in 2 hours 😘 thanks for setting the record straight!
It must be the year. I had 2 kamikaze me earlier in the season. Throws me off everytime
It's a tough shot to make!
Got skunked today in Canaan valley, help
Keep walking and try again!
Haha... never seen a bird dive into a barrel, and u still missed.
Mainer here man, absolutely love the videos on grouse hunting. One of my favorite hunts for sure, nothing like jumping a nice fat bird. Good tasting too lol
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Lol!!!!!!?!😮😮😮😮😮😮
Great video. Fun to watch the dogs & slow mo birds. Nice commentary too.
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