doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com The perfect ruffed grouse gun.

Lloyd, How is the flavor of a Blue Grouse compare to a Ruffed Grouse?

It is a white-meat bird that eats very well. However.......nothing comes close to ruffed for flavor or tenderness (IMHO). Ruffed grouse breasts are nearly translucent and cook up to almost a snow white. Blues are bigger birds and slightly tougher. Flavor isn't as sweet as the ruffie, and they cook up to a slightly light grey.

I have an A.H. Fox BE 16 gauge made in 1914 with 26" barrels choked CYL/MOD weighing 6 lbs.
Jim

+1 on the taste of Mr. Ruff. If I ever get out west again I think I'll time my trip to coincide with the season on Blues.

September here is beautiful as well. Blue grouse aren't quite as tasty as ruffed grouse, but you can go flyfishing for trout after you get done hunting birds. And...the sun shines here 300 days a year.

Did your legislature outlaw pumps and autos yet?

Best,
Ted

I suppose that's coming next. California is effectively a one-party state (and has been for a long time now), followed by Oregon, Massachusetts, Illinois, New York, Delaware, Rhode Island, and New Jersey. Colorado can't be too-far behind them now. We call it the "California Effect" here, he who panders the most, wins. Minnesota isn't exactly the the last bastion of conservatisim either. How long do you figure to be secure there?

Everything the legislature has been attempting (and, they know better than to go after specific firearms) will be shot down this session. The main cheerleader for gun control of any form is the Mpls newspaper, the Star Tribune, a group simply too stupid to figure out that no one reads their dumb, biased rag anymore, and the same group that promised "blood in the streets" and a "wild wild west" when our carry permits went from may issue to shall issue, and none of their predictions came to pass.
The liberals here are typically not the foaming-at-the-mouth psychos from the west coast, and are well aware that the pro union iron range inhabitants still purchase hunting and fishing licenses every year, and haven't forgotten what happened to Warren Spannaus when he thought the NRA didn't matter. Amy and Al said very little after Newtown. Although it looks as if undocumented aliens are going to get tuition for college this time out, we seem to be safe in this session from most of the left's agenda regarding firearms.
For now.


Best,
Ted

Mr. Schefelbein: For very selfish reasons, I pray that your assessment of the situation in Minnesota remains somewhat constant.

Mr. Cloninger and Mr. Frazier: After over 10 thousand hits on this thread, I am starting to sense a pattern. Grouse guns tend to be the ones that fit their owners very well and carry comfortably. The weight range seems to be between 5 1/2 and 6 1/2 pounds. The actual type of gun (double, pump, or auto) doesn't seem to matter as much as the confidence of the user in his (or her) weapon and, of course, the fit and the weight. When these components intersect, the gun becomes a precious and wonderful tool that (in many families) gets handed down from generation to generation. Over time, it then becomes imbued with a certain nostalgia for glorious days afield and owners long-since passed. May it remain ever so.