Grouse camp in Maine

[Newk]

Hi all,

Looking for reccomendations for a grouse camp in Maine, brother and I wanna take dad on the trip for a birthday gift. We run our own dogs, and pretty experienced. Looking for semi guided / no guide where we could walk the woods on our own pace, so mostly just a lodge to stay at/eat at.

Let me know if you have any recs!

 

[Baghdad Bob]

I have no recommendations about a camp in Maine. I'm just wondering if Maine is anything like central Wisconsin are there any grouse left to hunt? Years ago, you could get your limit of 5 if you hunted hard on a good day now you don't even see one. Ever since we have been overrun with turkeys it has been bye bye grouse.

 

[birdhunter]

I have hunted grouse/ woodcock with Paul Laney up in Grand Lake Stream.He has some nice efficiency cabins.Plenty of birds around and lots of room to roam.

 

[Baghdad Bob]

I just mentioned here in central Wisconsin the lack of grouse, but I also could have included up in the far western part of th U P of Michigan. We have some land in the snowbelt along the lake which gets on average 230 inches of snow a year. A few years ago walking a mile on the logging roads you would sometimes 8 or 10 of them. Now you see very few, oh ha there are turkeys up there now too.

 

[Nutkin13]

We booked places on Airbnb the last few years. Was much cheaper than anyone advertising them as “grouse camps”

 

[loganwayne]

Find an airbnb and a bar that serves food. We've not been to Maine but jump around all over doing that. Locate a general area, find a place close and hope for the best so far its worked out. Most days we aren't driving more than 20-30 minutes to the furthest spot we hunt