The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' latest ruffed grouse counts found Minnesota's spring 2025 population is lower statewide than last year. Ruffed grouse drums per stop were 1.8 statewide, ...

As you wander through the forests of the northern US states and southern Canada, you may have heard a strange drumming noise.

Sigg had just made a nice point on a ruffed grouse and Amman had just made an impossible shot, through a tangle of young aspen, and managed to connect on the fast-flying bird. ADVERTISEMENT.

The DNR has conducted spring drumming count surveys for 74 years, observing that the ruffed grouse population follows a ...

DULUTH — The number of male ruffed grouse heard drumming in April and May as part of their spring mating ritual was up again this year in the Northland, signaling a continued higher population ...

Minnesota’s ruffed grouse spring population counts are up again from last year and are similar to other recent peaks in the 10-year population cycle of grouse – a pattern recorded for 72 years ...

If you see a ruffed grouse or wild turkey (flying or not), the Ohio Department of Natural Resources wants to hear about it. Here's why.

The 2024 National Grouse and Woodcock Hunt was held Oct. 10 and 11 in Grand Rapids, Minn. It is organized by the Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society.

Ruffed grouse drumming increased this spring in two of three priority areas and the species appears to be on the upward phase of its traditional 10-year population cycle in Wisconsin, according to ...

Looking ruffed Thu., Feb. 8, 2024 A ruffed grouse saunters down the road at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge outside of Cheney in this photo by Jerry Rolwes. Ruffed grouse are a relatively rare ...

Ruffed grouse are elusive and stealthy, but scientists are seeking a genetic explanation for why some of the birds become best buddies with people. A tame grouse near Muncy, Pa., who befriended a ...

The ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus, is an easy to identify bird, whether he’s displaying that dark ruff around the neck that looks like part of a Jacobean costume, or not. Or even if you are not ...