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[gunfreak]

My hunting buddy Jerry and I had a great day scouting for animals in the unit we are going to hunt this weekend to include bull and cow elk and several legal deer. We shot these sage grouse with a .243 and .223 because that's what we had brought hoping to spot some coyotes. They'll be tasty served up with some fried taters and green beans.

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[No_Regerts]

Prairie and blue skies. Sure do miss it.

 

[tac]

I'm wondering about them coyotes served up with fried taters and green beans....that something noo? Or an Idahoan specialty?

 

[gunfreak]

I'm wondering about them coyotes served up with fried taters and green beans....that something noo? Or an Idahoan specialty?

Yeah you should try it.

 

[No_Regerts]

Yeah you should try it.

I think the Peking Moon has this on special.

 

[MannyGlocks]

A few years ago, on the tv show "Bizzare Food" with host Andrew Zimmern, they cooked and ate a coyote.

I've eaten a lot of wild critters, but the thought of eating a coyote makes me nauseous...

 

[gunfreak]

Nasty.

 

[No_Regerts]

Nasty.

This.

 

[bbbass]

I'm wondering about them coyotes served up with fried taters and green beans....that something noo? Or an Idahoan specialty?

Served with an additional side of road kill pheasant and wabbit!!

 

[bbbass]

I think the Peking Moon has this on special.

I thought they only served feral cat!

 

[No_Regerts]

I thought they only served feral cat!

 

[No_Regerts]

My hunting buddy Jerry and I had a great day scouting for animals in the unit we are going to hunt this weekend to include bull and cow elk and several legal deer. We shot these sage grouse with a .243 and .223 because that's what we had brought hoping to spot some coyotes. They'll be tasty served up with some fried taters and green beans.
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I like to season the breast pieces with salt, pepper, and a little garlic salt. Sear them in an iron skillet and remove them. Then use the juices with a little chicken stock, butter, and flour to make a roux. Add whole milk and stir until it thickens to a light gravy with the consistency of a chowder. Place the breast pieces in a 2 inch baking dish. Add some peas, corn, and pour the gravy in. Bake at 325 and serve over mashed potatoes.

 

[BigGame]

Sage grouse season closed in Idaho September 27. You were scouting some days ago, I assume.

 

[BigGame]

Also, the daily bag limit is one bird. I assume the picture with two birds being held is showing both hunters birds.

 

[BigGame]

Also centerfire cartridges are not a legal take method for sage grouse in Idaho. I assume you misspoke about the round used.

 

[BigGame]

I do not enjoy playing the school marm, citing the rules. For all I know, the OP wasn't even scouting in Idaho, but some other state that has an open sage grouse season in October (I don't know what state that would be).

But poaching isn't cool.

Many of us have taken a game animal or fish out of season, only to learn afterwards that we'd made a mistake. It happens. But I'd be remiss if I let a public post go by that I knew was outside the boundaries. We all would.

To the OP, I would say keep a copy of the regs in your truck. If there's a question, check them. I want to hunt the sage grouse. I want my kids and grandkids to hunt them. That will only happen if they stick around and we keep them off the endangered species list. Being reckless in our take of game doesn't help. But again, we all make mistakes.

It sounds like a successful day of scouting, on the whole, and I wish you luck for the hunt. Take the bit about the sage grouse as a learning opportunity, please. These forums are at their best when we think of them that way.

Worth reading.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article233624902.html

 

[clearconscience]

I'd eat an Elk's butthole before I ate a coyote

 

[tac]

Not keen, then, eh?

 

[gunfreak]

Also, the daily bag limit is one bird. I assume the picture with two birds being held is showing both hunters birds.

yep