pheasantaddict
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What's the toughest upland bird in North America to hunt? Explain why based on the terrain they inhabit, elusiveness, ability to absorb lead, elude dogs, etc.. Excluding the Himalayan snow grouse.
I will say the Ruffed Grouse, Just because the buggers are hard to get, they fly 300 miles an hour, mostly you hear them and don't even see em, then you are trying to shoot one in thick woods and brush besides. They are dodgeing around trees and doing more juke moves to you than Barry Sanders. One pellet will kill em dead though, but good luck getting one pellet home. You could flush a hundred before you get one. Quail at least you can get open country shots off at but I would rate them second. :thumbsup:
Ditto! they don't call them thunder chickens for nothing. Know to cause occasional cardiac arrest on close flushes. Especially when your whole body is tangeld in a briar patch and you couldn't possibly get a shot off if you wanted to. I've had them flush in pitch black darkness as I walked to my bow stand deer hunting. Dead calm and then the thunder chicken erupts. I have dreamed of someday getting the five bird limit in MN but never come close.