first grouse

[dakids]

After seeing hundreds of grouse over the years I decided to try and hunt them for the first time this year at the tender age of 45.  I hunted yesterday for about 3 hours and saw several but didn't get any shots.  Not to be deterred I went back out this morning and flushed a bird right away and never got a shot at that bird but before I lowered the gun a second bird flushed and I drilled it at less than 10 yards (oops)  I had my first grouse.  It only had about 4 tail feathers still attached, The breast only had 1 bb go through it.  Good to eat but I really wanted the tail fan for the wall.  I am hooked and will be going again.

[dakids]

What is the best way to cook the bird.

[Fawkinnae]

All I know is you are in for a tasty treat.
As far as how to cook them, I ask people who know what they're doing (and I'm not really in that category).

[Bobby Bass]

DaKids many ways to cook Grouse but one of my favorites is to take the breast and cut in into strips roll in flour and pan fry in butter, tastes great and also is a good way to find pellets!  Congrats on your first bird and welcome to the Grouse hunting club.

[corny13]

Next thing you know you will be wanting to get a English setter...    Welcome to the hardest to shoot and best eating game bird there is!

[beeker]

love grouse.. fillet it off the bone.. heat up a little olive oil.. crack some black pepper on it. maybe a little lemon seasoning..

you can also take the tail off right at the base.. use a razor to clean off any meat/fat... pin it to some cardboard and rub a little borax on it. and hang it in the garage.

I've also kept the middle 2 feathers out of the tail and stuck em in the shotgun shell I used.. dump a little 5 minute epoxy in there and you got a neat little momento.. (did this for the dogs first flush/retrieve and for the kids first grouse)

[dakids]

love grouse.. fillet it off the bone.. heat up a little olive oil.. crack some black pepper on it. maybe a little lemon seasoning..

you can also take the tail off right at the base.. use a razor to clean off any meat/fat... pin it to some cardboard and rub a little borax on it. and hang it in the garage.

I've also kept the middle 2 feathers out of the tail and stuck em in the shotgun shell I used.. dump a little 5 minute epoxy in there and you got a neat little momento.. (did this for the dogs first flush/retrieve and for the kids first grouse)

I shot the whole tail to smithereens.  Only had 4 tail feathers attached to the bird and all of them looked terrible.  Love the idea though and will try to not shoot the next birds a55 off.

Next thing you know you will be wanting to get a English setter...    Welcome to the hardest to shoot and best eating game bird there is!

I'm a lab guy to the core.  If my dog didn't have pups she would have been there with me.

[glenn57]

works great to brown it in a pan and bake it like a chicken. or put it in a crock pot with some onion and lipton onion soup mix and cook till done!

[pepperdog]

What is the best way to cook the bird.

I am from Tennessee.......we usually boil the breast for about 20 min., salt and pepper....then cut the meat off of the breast bone and then just fry it like you would chicken, serve with bisquits and gravy.