Sep. 6—Trying to predict ruffed grouse hunting prospects is a tricky business, at best, because the forest birds aren't readily visible along roadsides or open terrain most of the year. Instead, ...

Minnesota’s ruffed grouse hunting — widely considered the best in the nation — appears to be holding up this fall despite signs of natural population decline for the state’s most popular game bird.

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 ...

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will conduct its annual grouse wing collection during the upland season that started Sept. 1. Hunters in the zone east of U.S. Highway 81 already are required 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 ...

CO Troy Fondie (Orr) reports waterfowl hunters were scarce and the birds few. Area forest roads and trails were monitored as those hunters continue looking for grouse keep searching. CO Sean Cannon ...

In the realm of sporting literature, there is probably no bird that gets more ink than the ruffed grouse. Among the wing shooting crowd, this bird inspires as much mystery and awe because of the ...

Minnesotans chasing a cavalcade of seasonal colors often parade at this time of year from the Twin Cities to Duluth and from there farther north along the Lake Superior shoreline. Alternatively they ...

The ruffed grouse is a medium-sized game bird with a plump body and a short crest. Their height is around 18 inches. It spends its time foraging on the forest floor for seeds and insects—these birds ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks officials are asking grouse hunters to drop off wing samples to better understand populations across west-central Montana. Samples can be dropped in ...