Grouse hunting outfitter in Canada


Grouse hunting periods in 2008 :

  • Firearms, bow, crossbow : from September 20 to January 15

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.