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Posted on: September 06, 2007

By
Dave Langston

Big game season is in full swing but upland bird hunters are scoring on ruffed grouse around the Pocatello valley in south east Idaho.

Bird hunters are reporting a fair to good season for ruffed grouse hunting the aspens near water in Inman canyon, South Mink Creek drainage, Toponce and Pebble Creek drainages.

You will find that most of these areas consist of aspen, pine and a source of water with plenty of thick underbrush for habitat. Access to each one of these areas is excellent and most all of the area is BLM or Forest Service. Virtually none of this is posted land so mentioning trespassing is a waste of time.

“We’ve done pretty well this year” says Bob Langston of Pocatello. It’s been a bit spotty but most of the areas that have a fresh water source like a stream or creek have been very productive. We have seen a lot of young birds this year and the season so far has been better than the last three,” he adds.

Idaho Fish & Game (208) 232-4703 officers report the season seems to be going well and as they predicted this year’s hatch was a success. A good number of birds reported have been from this year’s crop.

All of the drainages mentioned above have good numbers of draws coming off each one allowing hunter’s endless miles of prime habitat.

Coming into the October season deer hunters will be covering the hills in a show of orange. Please be considerate during the season and respect each others hunting areas. As a side note, cattle are still in many of these areas and ranchers have been reporting cattle with shot in them. If you get caught doing this you can expect a stiff jail sentence with thousands in penalties, it’s not worth it.

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Outdoor writer Dave Langston resides in Chubbuck. He grew up in the Midwest and south fishing and hunting across the country.

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