Would you shoot a grouse while deer hunting?

[cwtebay]

Photos added for clarification. (This is a later version for a 25-35).

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[rbuck351]

Deer are thick here, grouse are not. So yes, I carry a Stevens tip up with a 22 short for just that purpose. It weighs all of ten ounces loaded and is quite accurate.
When bow hunting, there is no issue as there is no noise.

[M-Tecs]

There are actually 3 slots - they hold a "sub caliber cartridge"(380 acp in this case) and there is a plunger which is struck by the firing pin to fire the cartridge. It's a Marble's cartridge adapter.

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I was not aware of these. Had to look them up. Thanks for sharing the photo's

A lot of that old stuff is very cool.

Is your 35wcf in a 1895?

Thanks

[megasupermagnum]

We don't get grouse where I deer hunt. Instead, we shoot coyote, and yes, I shoot every one. There is so much shooting all year, gunshots are the LAST thing a deer cares about. Unless deer are closer than 50 yards, they are not likely to spook. Even if a hidden one is inside of 50 yards, often they stare at you for a few seconds. Every year for as long as I can remember, someone in our party has seen a second deer after shooting one. Big bucks could be a different category. My two biggest bucks were all alone. My third biggest buck came bounding through not two minutes after I had shot a doe, during muzzleloader season no less.

[cwtebay]

I was not aware of these. Had to look them up. Thanks for sharing the photo's

A lot of that old stuff is very cool.

Is your 35wcf in a 1895?

Thanks

It absolutely is. My wife, kids and I all have one for timber elk hunting.
I sort of developed an obsession with these and the Winchester variety. We use them pretty often for fun (and small game), believe that I have them all - save for the 405 WCF-41 Colt. I would really enjoy having one of those some day.

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[augercreek]

To me grouse hunting is the Holy Grail of hunting so I would not shoot one. As far as gun shots spooking the deer here it does not. I hunt on my own 40, on the neighboring 40 to the North this guy will shoot 50-100 rounds just before sunset on week ends hopping to scare the deer.Doesn't work, I've shot many a deer anyway.

[Geezer in NH]

Yes and legal to in my state. That is why I carry a small 22 pistol, CCI cb's or I screw the Gemtek onto the front. What noise?

[missionary5155]

We always "take" what is provided.
But I am a recurve hunter so noise, movement and changing over ammo selection is never an issue. Slice and dice works on everything.

[444ttd]

here in PA, you are not allowed to shoot any small game in rifle season. but i shot grouse and ringneck during archery season when i was hunting deer. deer flintlock season , i assume that you could shot grouse, but i don't know. in WV i don't know. i always hunted deer.

[gumbo333]

No grouse here either. But the sound of shots might wake the deer up a bit, get them moving. Could be a plus.

[long_arm]

Not a chance I will blow a deer hunt to whack a grouse. Blacktails are hard enough to chase already without scaring them off!

[Daekar]

I would absolutely take a shot at other game while looking for deer. I have repeatedly had to stop shooting at my target gongs because deer literally wandered into the line of fire within 50 yards of me, I'm pretty sure a mouse-fart load isn't going to drive them off.

[Harter66]

In the west we always took a shotgun it wasn't uncommon to have sage hen and blue/roughed grouse seasons overlap deer season and chucker ........well they have a phrase , "it's only hunting the first time , then it's revenge" .

Typically we would run into them mid day after the morning hunt .

[long_arm]

"It's only hunting the first time, then it's revenge."

I've used that line re chukar.

[cwtebay]

You know, I posted that picture of our cartridge adapter out of a knee jerk response. Yes, we use them with frequency! But my middle son actually packs a sling shot for the same, and he is deadly. I also respect the.man that uses his bow for the same.
However, I have given each of our family hunting group 10 rounds of ammo for the adapter, there's a Lee Loader with primers / powder / boolits for 500 in the cabin - can't say there's much of a dent in reloading supplies in the past 10.years.of doing this.

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[memtb]

"It's only hunting the first time, then it's revenge."

I've used that line re chukar.

The first time I heard that line, was when hunting Chukars with a friend, in the near vertical cliffs/ridges right behind my house! A very accurate depiction of Chukar hunting.....I don’t “need” revenge badly enough to hunt them there again! memtb

[waksupi]

I would absolutely take a shot at other game while looking for deer. I have repeatedly had to stop shooting at my target gongs because deer literally wandered into the line of fire within 50 yards of me, I'm pretty sure a mouse-fart load isn't going to drive them off.

Same here. One day we were launching clay pigeons at a deer, trying to get it off the range.

[quilbilly]

My rule for "targets of opportunity" to fill the dinner pot during deer season is not to shoot within a 1/4 mile of where I intend to hunt deer and always mid-day when deer aren't moving very much. Of course, if you are in a popular hunting area for deer, you should consider if you are molesting somebody else's hunt (apologies to the movie Jeremiah Johnson).

[Kylongrifle32]

Shoot a grouse and you eat a meal. Shoot a deer and you eat several meals. Seriously if I was in trophy buck mode I would pass on a grouse. But then I don't live where every meal is a blessing.
Several years back I hunted on a piece of property where the land owner had 24 crop depravation tags. I had a friend how was active with a boys home and we partnered with a processor to do all are deer for the home for $20 each. I have set in one spot and taken up to 6 does in 3 hours with out moving. And had bucks walk thru the area with out being alarmed.

[Fast Asleep]

I have taken many grouse while deer and elk hunting, but not with my rifle. I carried a tiny 25 ACP pistol in my shirt pocket upon which I had soldered a set of adjustable sights to allow close aiming. The pistol was loaded with ammo containing a flush-seated 25 caliber air rifle pellet propelled only by primer force. The gun was pretty much 100% on the typical less than than 25 foot shot distance between the grouse head and my hand with very little noise.