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 ...

A male spruce grouse standing still, which they do often. The Minnesota DNR is collecting spruce grouse tail feathers from hunters this fall as part of a genetic study to see if grouse populations are ...

A spruce grouse (Canachites canadensis) sits quietly among moss-covered branches, its beautifully patterned plumage providing ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in December 2021. I didn’t decide on my favorite until late in life. It was seven years ago in Colorado, when a rancher asked me what my favorite ...

Spruce grouse hunters in northern Minnesota’s boreal forests are being asked to voluntarily submit feather samples for a genetics research project. The project is being conducted by the Minnesota ...

Study will track population dynamics of little-known species to see if forest fragmentation and climate change are pushing them out of Minnesota. A male spruce grouse standing still, which they do ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resource is expanding its efforts to test ruffed grouse for west Nile virus this fall by making the sampling kits available to hunters across the state’s ruffed ...

Minnesota’s season for ruffed grouse, spruce grouse and Hungarian partridge opens Saturday, Sept. 14. Sharptail season opens Sept. 14 in the Northwest Zone but not until Oct. 12 in the East-central ...

Grouse hunting in Beltrami Island State Forest and the restoration of Lake Redwood. A ruffed grouse hunt in Beltrami Island State Forest, deep in the northwoods. The forest features many miles of ...

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 ...