08-20-2003, 09:15 PM
The Sage Hen hunt is still open on the Parker, but you now have to get a special tag that allows you to shoot 2 sage grouse for the whole hunt and you have to apply for a permit just like deer.
Unless you love hunting sagehens I don't know if it's worth the trouble for 2 birds. Although there are places that 2 birds a day would be well worth the effort. That is if you like eating leather that tastes like sagebrush.
As for pine hens, mostly blue grouse, as was said in a previous post, are what you will find south of I-70. I have killed them on every mountain range on the Fishlake forest i.e. Monroe, Mytoge, Hightop and etc., but in one area that they seem to flourish one year the next you don't hardly see any. I have always found the blue grouse on the tops of pine covered ridges where there were open areas with plenty of feed nearby. Water was always in the area but I never actually found them right by it. As for the few ruffed grouse in the area they will be closer to the water and the thicker brush.
MM if you are really serious about coming to the area give me a PM and a specific area I will either direct you to where to go or could take you out. I am sure that I will be making a couple of trips out.
MJ
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Unless you love hunting sagehens I don't know if it's worth the trouble for 2 birds. Although there are places that 2 birds a day would be well worth the effort. That is if you like eating leather that tastes like sagebrush.
As for pine hens, mostly blue grouse, as was said in a previous post, are what you will find south of I-70. I have killed them on every mountain range on the Fishlake forest i.e. Monroe, Mytoge, Hightop and etc., but in one area that they seem to flourish one year the next you don't hardly see any. I have always found the blue grouse on the tops of pine covered ridges where there were open areas with plenty of feed nearby. Water was always in the area but I never actually found them right by it. As for the few ruffed grouse in the area they will be closer to the water and the thicker brush.
MM if you are really serious about coming to the area give me a PM and a specific area I will either direct you to where to go or could take you out. I am sure that I will be making a couple of trips out.
MJ
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