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 Appalachian ...

The season for hunting grouse began mid-month for those still willing to look for one. There exists a suggestion implicit in the small and vanishing population that grouse, male and female, have been ...

Thanks to Jim August, a Portland taxidermist and hunter education instructor, for scratching up a significant study on ruffed grouse. The Appalachian Cooperative Grouse Research Project seems to be ...

Almost two decades ago, Bob Fala, an avid grouse hunter, began keeping a diary of his days afield, most of them in the mountains of West Virginia. His handwritten notes detailed the elements of every ...

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 ...

In a banner season for ruffs, with an old dog out in front, Bayfield County forester Mike Amman shows what makes great grouse ground. Mike Amman and his Weimaraner pointer, Sigg, work their way ...

For nearly 25 years, unpredictable fluctuations of ruffed grouse populations in the Appalachian region have frustrated wildlife biologists in many states. Known for five- or six-year population cycles ...

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 ...

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Since the mid-1970s, the United States Sportsmen’s Alliance has worked to protect hunting, fishing and trapping rights in all 50 states, and recently a book has been published to help support its ...