So, educate an old Southern boy on grouse shooting. What is a good average, hits to misses?
SRH
Most statistics I have seen, for the northern midwest, say you will get a shot at one ruffed grouse for every 10 to 12 grouse flushed and a great wing shot will hit 33% over time. There is a reason they call them the King of game birds and a good day in the field is one grouse in the bag. You need to move 30 to 36 of the gray ghosts to bag one. Now there are days when things go your way and you come home with several and on occasion you limit out (five), but it is a rare occasion and I have friends who have hunted grouse for 30 years and never shot a limit and they are folks who will shoot 23+ in a round of skeet.
Buzz does a tad better than the averages above. I remember him missing one grouse, one! Nobody misses just 1 grouse in over a week of grouse hunting.
Mike
