Grouse hunting outfitter in Canada
Hunting Grouse is done on a territory more than 1000 km2 (Zec Petawaga).
Grouse hunting periods in 2009 :
- Firearms, bow, crossbow : from September 19 to January 15 2010
- 45$ night per person
RUFFED GROUSE
Class: BIRD
FamilY: GALLIFORMS
Physical description
Grouses range in size from 40,5 to 48 centimetres long. It has tufts of
feathers on the top of its head. The common colour in the
plumage
are brown, grey, and red, with touches of purple and dark green
in some species. Generally the colours of the male birds
are more pronounced.
Status in Quebec
The grouse is quite common to all southern part of the province.
It does not migrate.
Habitat
The grouse lives in wooden region all across Canada, generaly
in leafy and mixt forests, preferring grooves, creeks.
Diet
They eat seeds, fruits, and insects, mushrooms, and poplar buds.
The young prefer insects and larvae. In winter, its feed on birch
and poplar buds and some seeds.
