Orvis 3-Day Grouse Hunting School
Learn to Grouse Hunt at our New York Grouse Hunting School
Details
2019 Dates:
September 27-29 (Altmar, New York)
October 4-6 (Hancock, New York)
October 11-13 (Hancock, New York)
Course Highlights:
- Learn from the biggest names in ruffed grouse hunting! Instructors from Orvis, The Ruffed Grouse Society & Catskill Casts & Coverts.
- Expert Instruction in planning, researching & scouting your hunt.
- Professional gunfitting and wingshooting instruction.
- Guided hunt with some of the Northeast's best guides and dogs in grouse hunting.
- Tuition includes: instruction, meals noted on itinerary, RST ammunition, use of Orvis gun, Orvis Pro-Series hunting vest, and membership to The Ruffed Grouse Society.
Itinerary
Day One
| Time | Activity & Description |
| 2:00 | Arrival at Catskill Casts & Coverts training facility. |
| 2:15 | Meet & Greet with Instructors. Assessment of skillset & experience. |
| 3:00 | Classroom Tutorial:
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| 7:00 | Family-style dinner at the Catskill Casts & Coverts facility. |
Day Two
| Time | Activity & Description |
| 9:00 | Arrival at Catskill Casts & Coverts training facility. Continental breakfast. |
| 9:15 | Safety Briefing. Best guns & loads for grouse and woodcock hunting. |
| 10:00 | Alternate gun fit and shooting instruction. |
| Noon | Lunch at training facility. |
| 1:00 | Resume shooting instruction. |
| 2:00 | Move into on-site grouse habitat to learn:
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| 6:00 | Family-style dinner at the Catskill Casts & Coverts facility. |
Day Three
| Time | Activity & Description |
| 9:00 | Arrival at training facility and continental breakfast. |
| 9:15 | Students paired with guides and dogs for morning hunt in grouse and woodcock cover. |
| Noon | Lunch in the field. |
| 1:00 | Afternoon hunt with guides over pointing dogs in grouse and woodcock cover. |
| 4:00 | Return to Catskill Casts & Coverts facility. Closing remarks and departure. |
Class will be held rain or shine; be prepared for cold, damp weather.
Dates
Three-Day School Dates
| September 2019 | 27-29 | Fri-Sun - Altmar, NY |
| October 2019 | 4-6 | Fri-Sun - Hancock, NY |
| 11-13 | Fri-Sun - Hancock, NY | |
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