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 ...

Two weeks into ruffed grouse season, many hunters are already proclaiming it a banner year. Some hunters are finding mixed success depending on where they're hunting, but many are finding lots of ...

Pennsylvania Game Commission field officers report “good to excellent” prospects for both squirrels and grouse on Saturday’s season opener. In the state’s Northeast, officers declared “grouse ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission expects ruffed grouse hunting to be good - at least as good as last year -- for the more than 100,000 hunters who annually pursue these challenging game birds. The ...

The ruffed grouse season opens Saturday. It will be difficult to see birds flush with all of the leaves on the trees and the dense underbrush. Despite the drought, the skeeters might be bad. Deer ...

In the early 1970s, Joe Coggin, Bill Treadwell and I put together a survey designed to trace the ups and downs of the ruffed grouse population in Virginia. It still is in use by the Department of Game ...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Few things may be more heart-pounding for a hiker or hunter than a mountain grouse’s unexpected flush along a quiet trail. Whether it’s a chance encounter while archery hunting ...

Statewide, the Game Commission's 314 active Grouse Cooperators hunted 7,787 hours and recorded 10,249 flushes for an average rate of 1.32 flushes per hour during the 2011-2012 grouse season. This 2011 ...

A couple of months back, the boys and I headed up to Moraine State Park to do a little snapping turtle hunting. While we didn’t find any snappers that day, we had a great encounter with our state bird ...

Minnesota's ruffed grouse season continues through Jan. 1. With relatively mild weather and not much snow cover, it would be a good time to get out for a late-season hunt. Remember, though, ...