Michigan is No. 1 in the U.S. for grouse and woodcock hunters, ... A hen may lead her brood as far as 4 miles from the nest to a summer brood range during the first 10 days of life.

LANSING -- Michigan bird hunters soon might get a shot at sharp-tailed grouse for the first time in 12 years if the Natural Resources Commission approves a recommendation for a 2010 trial season ...

When habitat needs are met a ruffed grouse will usually spend its entire life in a 40 acre home range. - Ga Ga for Grouse: A bonus of grouse hunting is that they are absolutely scrumptious.

As expected, drumming counts for ruffed grouse in Minnesota were down this spring across most of the bird's range, a sign that the decline in the species' 10-year population cycle has begun.

Minnesota’s ruffed grouse spring drumming counts were lower than last year across most of the bird’s range, according to a survey conducted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

DULUTH — Grouse across the western Great Lakes region are being impacted by West Nile virus carried by mosquitoes, including 29% of grouse tested in Wisconsin, but not all birds that carry the ...

In the northeast survey area, which includes the core grouse range, ... During the peak years of 1971 and 1989, hunters harvested more than 1 million ruffed grouse. Michigan and Wisconsin, ...

I won't kid you. Hunting grouse without dogs is tough. You need to be 100% on your A game. You need to bring all of your skills to the table. But it is definitely possible, and your chances of ...

For avid grouse hunters in West Virginia, these are difficult days. Even in a good brood year, the ruffed grouse continues to be a fragile species in the Mountain State and throughout the ...

Minnesota’s ruffed grouse spring drumming counts are significantly higher than last year across most of their range, according to a report released by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Spruce grouse have declined so much in Michigan and Wisconsin that hunting them is no longer allowed there, and the birds are on those states' lists of protected species.

When grouse hunting’s urtext, New England Grouse Shooting, was published in 1942, author William Harnden Foster felt that only two breeds merited consideration: the pointer and the English setter.