The ruffed grouse has been Pennsylvania's state bird since 1931. Skip to content. NOWCAST WGAL News 8 at 11:00. Watch on Demand ... Like most birds, grouse have keen eyesight and hearing.

If that theory is true, most modern-day ruffed grouse have been "educated" generation after generation over the past 250 years into a healthy fearfulness of humans and are "much wilder birds" today.

Grouse rarely fly more than 100 yards when flushed, so there’s often the opportunity to flush the same bird twice or more. It’s not always worthwhile. Stick to a game plan that’s working.

hunting ruffed grouse; habits of the bird and how it is bagged. unlawful snare hunting common in pike county--the real sportsman's skillful methods. share full article. sept. 21, 1884.

I say marching because that is how I imagine this fierce little bird as it resolutely paces (ruffed grouse prefer walking to flying) through the woods in search of its favorite winter meal ...

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 ...

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 ...

If upland game birds were ranked by the power of their takeoff, a ruffed grouse would be TNT. The word “explosive” invariably enters descriptions — often as part of excuse-giving ...

Mr. Ruffed Grouse seems determined to stick with Page this hunting season. Page, who tries to get out to his ground blind every afternoon after work, said the bird is always there at his blind.

From the sage and sharp-tailed grouse on the prairies to the sooty, dusky, ruffed and spruce grouse of the mountains and the white-tailed ptarmigan of the alpine areas, the Evergreen State has it all.

ASKOV, Minn. — Bob Flach used to hunt grouse. Not anymore. That’ll happen when your prey becomes your buddy. “This amazes me,” Bob says as he cradles the ruffed grouse he named Lulu in his ...

That evening, a ruffed grouse — a crow-size bird with a tiny mohawk and mottled feathers — appeared at his feet. “I crouched down and said, ‘Hello.’ He cooed back and started following ...