The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has released data from its annual spring survey of ruffed grouse, showing a slight decrease from 2024. Numbers, however, are still significantly up from ...

A survey of Ohio’s wild turkeys and ruffed grouses is underway. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is doing its annual population indexing this summer, after many baby birds have been born.

Minnesota’s ruffed grouse spring population counts are up from last year, which was not expected during the current declining phase of the 10-year cycle – a pattern recorded for 72 years.

For ruffed grouse, there’s nothing better than early to mid-successional habitat. The author works through an older clear cut full of aspen in search of a flush. Photo by Matt Addington Creative .

Not that many years ago, in the 1980s, a sizable proportion of Minnesota grouse hunters — more, I'd bet, than is the case today — fashioned their lifestyles around ruffed grouse and ruffed ...

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.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is looking for the public’s help to see why ruffed grouse, a wild animal, sometimes let their guard down and spend time around humans.

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 ...

It’s a far cry from the behavior of most ruffed grouse, whose stealth and elusiveness are why hunters call them the “king of game birds.” “He is extremely friendly, but in all honesty, he ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is looking for the public’s help to see why ruffed grouse, a wild animal, sometimes let their guard down and spend time around humans.

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 ...