The Sharp-tailed Grouse Advisory Committee has recommended the DNR resume a hunting season for the species this fall. If approved, it would be the first such season since 2018.

Sep. 13—The season of long walks with a shotgun is upon us. Washington's forest grouse hunting season begins Sunday, drawing hunters into the woods with dreams of wingbeats. Some hunters view ...

Grouse hunter Austin Fisher walks up behind Bogie on point during the 2023 Minnesota ruffed grouse hunting season. Hunters, guides and biologists agree it was the best season in years, maybe decades.

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 ...

Jul. 26—Trying to predict ruffed grouse hunting prospects is an inexact science at best, but based on drumming counts, at least, Minnesota's breeding population was down from last year. In a ...

Spring 2025 weather conditions were fairly dry, and much of western Montana was experiencing drought conditions. Therefore, ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Some unfortunate news for hunters who enjoy hunting sharp-tailed grouse. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced the spring population survey indicated a slight ...

ATV, small-game, archery, and waterfowl hunting have been the main focus of the workload. Lots of grouse are still being seen by most hunters.

"While ruffed grouse drumming counts are up in the core of ruffed grouse range, they are not an accurate way to predict the birds that will be present during the fall hunting season," said ...

When the author's float trip is canceled, he gets an invitation to go sage grouse hunting. By today's standards, there were birds everywhere.