Apr. 10—BEMIDJI — The North Central Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society will host its annual Conservation Banquet on Thursday, April 17, at the SouthShore Hotel, 1019 Paul Bunyan Drive S.

While there are arguments about each of those topics, there’s one thing that upland hunters can all agree on, ruffed grouse have earned their title of ‘King of the Woods’. Until recently, I hadn’t ...

A proposal is underway to create a new fund to improve Pennsylvania’s forest habitat to protect birds like the ruffed grouse. Sen. Greg Rothman, R-34th Dist., in Perry County and parts of ...

If there’s an underlying theme for Minnesota ruffed grouse hunters going into this year’s season opener, it’s this: Charlotte Roy, grouse research scientist for the Minnesota Department of ...

Sunday will find the steamy, buggy upland forest in full, dense foliage, ruffed grouse generally still clustered in far-flung family groups and woodcock numbers weeks away from being augmented by ...

On a recent trip to Bogus Basin to escape the heat and check in on the still active mountain bird community, I was attacked by a ruffed grouse. I was driving slowly on the dirt road to Mores ...

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 ...

Ruffed grouse, for reasons still not fully understood, typically follow a 10-year population cycle. Wisconsin biologists believe their cycle peaked earlier, dropped and is now on the rise again ...

The ruffed grouse has been Pennsylvania's state bird since 1931.This brown, chicken-like bird gets its name from the black "ruffs" on the side of its neck.It was an important part of the food ...

New Hampshire has two species of grouse. You’re probably familiar with the ruffed grouse; it lives in woodlands throughout the state. But there’s another grouse found in the Granite State that ...

Mike Amman's setter, Elwah, and a limit of ruffed grouse taken in Northwestern Wisconsin this season. Nearly everyone who has spent time in the woods this fall noticed a big increase in ruffed ...

Ruffed grouse population more resilient than expected, genetic study finds Results suggest that appropriate protections in Pennsylvania could prevent further declines in the species Date: October ...