The DNR's 2024 ruffed grouse drumming survey showed a 57% increase in drum counts statewide compared to 2023. The year-over-year increase was 60% in the northern part of the state and 41% in the ...

Its wings a blur, a male ruffed grouse drums in hopes of attracting a mate Monday, May 1, 2017, in Beltrami Island State Forest. (Brad Dokken / Forum News Service) ...

The annual ruffed grouse drumming survey found higher drum counts in north and central Wisconsin regions but ... The sound of the male rapidly beating its wings can be heard over long distances ...

Its wings a blur, a male ruffed grouse drums in hopes of attracting a mate Monday, May 1, 2017, in Beltrami Island State Forest. A primary tool for sampling ruffed grouse populations, ...

An annual survey found 11% less drumming from male ruffed grouse in the state. ... The sound of the birds rapidly beating their wings can be heard over long distances.

The 2024 National Grouse and Woodcock Hunt was held Oct. 10 and 11 in Grand Rapids, Minn. It is organized by the Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society.

A male grouse "drums" or beats its wings on its chest to attract a mate in spring. This year's drumming count across the ruffed grouse range in Minnesota was the highest since 1972, but a wet June ...

The ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus, is an easy to identify bird, whether he’s displaying that dark ruff around the neck that looks like part of a Jacobean costume, or not. Or even if you are not ...

That for some people a ruffed grouse is just another bird of the forest, or perhaps dinner on a plate, ... at 2.1, but that year only 80,654 wing shooters chased grouse. Obviously, ...

The ruffed grouse has been Pennsylvania's state bird since 1931. ... After a rapid take-off, a grouse locks its wings and glides to safer territory, usually traveling less than 100 yards.

Ruffed grouse are elusive and stealthy, but scientists are seeking a genetic explanation for why some of the birds become best buddies with people. A tame grouse near Muncy, Pa., who befriended a ...

Ruffed grouse drumming increased this spring in two of three priority areas and the species appears to be on the upward phase of its traditional 10-year population cycle in Wisconsin, according to ...