Metro Grouse?

[Acemac]

any one know if the WMA's near carver county hold any grouse?

[Jameson]

I've never heard of any to the SW of the cities. Seems like their is some chance of finding grouse to the North, East, and Southeast of the metro

[PerchJerker]

Agree, I've never heard of grouse in Carver county.

I don't know about East and SE of the metro, I've never hunted over that way.

In the past I've gone to the Sherburne refuge and the Mille Lacs WMA for grouse. Been many years since I hunted those spots. They were never all that great for grouse, but there were some birds there and plenty of room to hunt as long as you were willing to walk.

[Acemac]

ya that is what I thought guess i will just wait a few more weeks to take the dog out. was really just looking for a place to hold me over close to home untill pheasent opens up.

[CRAZYEYES]

Theres a few around the north metro in areas like carlos avery and up twoard princeton but not enough to get real exited about. I've seen a fair nimber north of mora though and thats not too far.

[mrklean]

yeah i thought most were north of the metro at least 2 hours before you start seeing numbers

[TProGuy]

As the others have noted, not sure there are any in the southwest part of the cities, but I do know for a fact that there are birds to the southeast. A buddy lives in Red Wing, and on several occasions, we have gone just a few miles out of town and come back with a few grouse for our efforts.