Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 21—Spending a crisp morning pursuing ruffed grouse is among the highlights of the fall season for Maine bird hunters. Ruffed ...

Maine’s grouse hunting season begins Saturday, Sept. 26. Hunters will undoubtedly want to know how the numbers are looking and what to expect before heading into the woods. Each year, numbers ...

Have you encountered any ruffed grouse in Pennsylvania that appear to be tame? Grouse that “show little fear” are of interest to the Pennsylvania Game Commission and researchers. The ruffed grouse has ...

Thomas Felton of Kimbolton, Ohio recently sent me some photos of a ruffed grouse he had been feeding twice a day since late November. He first noticed the grouse while walking with his grandson. Not ...

A Hidden Camera captures a Ruffed Grouse perched quietly on a lichen-covered branch deep inside a woodland habitat. Its intricate brown, white, and chestnut feather patterns, rounded body, dark throat ...

Upland bird hunters are a unique group of individuals. They're well known for being very picky about which gauge to use, or which shot size is best for certain hunts, and they can be especially ...

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 ...

Upper Midwest bird hunters focusing on ruffed grouse may see a slight decline in the population of this iconic game bird this fall, but that doesn’t mean opportunities won’t be available for those who ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — The Pennsylvania Game Commission is asking residents of the commonwealth for their help in studying possible genetic differences in ruffed grouse. According to the Game Commission, ...

This story was originally published in September 2021. This year’s ruffed grouse season begins Saturday and runs through Dec. 30. Spending a crisp morning pursuing ruffed grouse is among the ...