We are in the midsts of the season of upland bird hunting in the Mitten State. Here are some fun and feathery facts about a popular and great-tasting upland game bird, the ruffed grouse: - The name ...

Ted Dick could be excused for being cautious about his optimism going into Saturday's Minnesota ruffed grouse opener after last year's preseason forecast. In hindsight, the grouse biologist's ...

TWIN FALLS — David Musil, a senior wildlife biologist with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, has given countless presentations over this 32-year career on the life history of sage grouse — also ...

In early February, Wildwoods posted an announcement on its Facebook page about the successful rehabilitation of the ruffed grouse pictured here. "Several days ago, one of our great local conservation ...

PINE RIVER -- Poor ol' Boone. It seems the 7-year-old hunting dog has met his match -- a strange ruffed grouse that isn't afraid of anything. In fact, the wild bird will sit defiantly on Boone's head ...

Michigan is No. 1 in the U.S. for grouse and woodcock hunters, and hunters contribute a percentage of the cost of each shotgun shell and firearm to maintaining the habitat of these birds. Both birds ...

It takes a village to protect a sage grouse — or at least the vinyl siding that would sheath the homes in a village. Sage grouse range across 186 million acres in 11 Western states and two Canadian ...

There are some greater sage grouse that have recently had an alien experience - bright lights, capture and medical-like procedures - on the prairies north of Roundup and Lavina. That is where Jenny ...