Speaking of cantankerous grouse, the only one I ever had mounted was for a camp meal, I was running a line in wolf country and was packing my 357 Mag and forgot I had put full power loads in and not resighted the pistol. He came down the trail straight at me wings cupped ruff extended. I put four rounds in the dirt around him, and he still kept coming, round five knicked his leg and he still kept coming like a pegleg pirate, round six killed him. I drove 200 miles that night to get him in a freezer and back on the line the next morning. That was 50 yrs ago and I can close my eyes and still see him coming down that deer trail at me.
Him and a special woodduck are the only two critters I have had mounted, The grouse is still with my Ex and the woodduck on al old girlfriends wall up near Grand Forks.
Last edited by oskar; 08/23/25 04:05 PM.
