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 ...

The ruffed grouse has been Pennsylvania's state bird since 1931.This brown, chicken-like bird gets its name from the black "ruffs" on the side of its neck.It was an important part of the food supply ...

Lilian Kilpatrick Rheuban, "Winter's Coming" (1976), oil on canvas (photo courtesy Ruffed Grouse Gallery) December has arrived, with its year-end cheer! Amid the chaos, it brings with it hope and ...

The forecast for Minnesota’s upcoming ruffed grouse season can be looked at in two ways: From the perspective of a glass that’s half-empty or the perspective a glass that’s half-full. From a ...

Wisconsin has long been home to some of the North America's highest densities of ruffed grouse and some of the best hunting opportunities for the upland bird. But the native, naturally-reproducing ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS — Hunter walking trails aren't much good if they aren’t marked, cleared of brush, accessible and mapped, and that’s where the Ruffed Grouse Society is trying to make a difference. The ...

Ruffed grouse -- sometimes called partridge -- are a ground-dwelling game bird. But their numbers have been in the decline and researchers say west nile virus might be to blame. Our Ike Bendavid ...

Ruffed grouse hunting grew up in 19th century New England, so naturally it can be a bit of a prude. So genteel in certain circles, so neatly wrapped in tradition and style, it must seem to some ...

Ten years ago I created an artificial ruffed grouse drumming log on my property south of town. My hope was the fake log would be to the liking of a romantic male grouse, and would ultimately become a ...

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 ...