I’ve come to appreciate ruffed grouse more than any other bird, and its “shapeshifter” ability is a prime reason why. A male ruffed grouse is strutting in a declaration of self-importance. With tail ...

SOUTH NEWFANE When I am out birdwatching, I see ruffed grouse fairly often, but I have rarely watched a ruffed grouse, the way I might watch a chickadee as it moves from branch to branch or tree to ...

1 When spring weather is normal, ruffed grouse drumming peaks during the last two weeks of April. Male grouse drum at all times of day but most often in early morning. They drum at night, too. 2 A ...

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 may ...

If you didn’t know what you were listening to, you might suspect a larger creature was stirring in the brush. The explosion of feathers and wings and all thing bird both will startle you and, in a ...

As the morning sun glints through the trees on New Year’s Day, I bundle up, grab my binoculars and take to the road just as the birds are beginning to sing. Little brown jobs flit from shrub to bush ...

Question: I was walking in the woods recently, and I was startled by a bird taking off next to me. Was this a grouse or even a pheasant? Answer: If it was in the woods of central and northern ...

There are currently two excellent opportunities for wing shooters to ruffle some feathers — ruffed grouse and Canada geese. Both are worthy prey to pursue; and both will test shotgun skills and nerves ...

In 2006, I arrowed my first deer with a longbow, built by Ed Maurin of Stringtown. I gave the deer a half hour after the shot to expire. I climbed down from the tree stand, taking my time, making my ...

Sneaking through the trees and brush of a western Montana river bottom a deer hunter takes a step and an unseen ruffed grouse explodes under his feet nearly giving him a heart attack. Often ...

Like in 2022, spring drumming counts are up for the state's ruffed grouse spring population in its core range in northern Minnesota, according to the Department of Natural Resources. In a news release ...

The season of long walks with a shotgun is upon us. Washington’s forest grouse hunting season begins Sunday, drawing hunters into the woods with dreams of wingbeats. Some hunters view their September ...