If you must ground swat a grouse or shoot a grouse sitting in a tree you should:
A. Be starving.
B. Shoot them in the head w/a Colt Woodsman or S&W Kit Gun.
Otherwise it is simply not sporting or necessary.
Beg to differ.
I knew a guy who lived in an assisted living facility in Pine County, MN. His place was close to some good grouse hunting spots. He didn’t really need too much assistance, and lived on the side where they just checked on you in the morning. He was in his 90s, had fought in Europe in the second big war, and was on his way to the Far East when he got the word the war had ended. He had fought like hell to keep his pickup and his .410 single shot, at the home. I would see him walking the Munger Trail on warm afternoons, where he would sneak along, and take a Grouse or two that he came upon. The trail is a mile in and a mile out at that spot, and the grouse he took would either be on the ground, or in a tree. He told me he hadn’t shot one on the wing since Nixon was in office.
That guy can shoot them any way he finds them. I still try to take them on the wing.
But, when I grow up, I want to be just like him.
Best,
Ted
