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 ...

Jun. 24—The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources this week announced the results of annual ruffed grouse surveys, with drumming activity down 6% statewide this spring compared to 2019. No ...

The Minnesota DNR's spring drumming counts showed a statewide increase in drums-per-stop from 1.3 in 2021, to 1.9 in 2022. The increase was unexpected because grouse are in the dwindling stage of the ...

An annual survey detected less drumming by ruffed grouse in Wisconsin this spring, the latest indication the species has entered a lower stage of its population cycle, according to Department of ...

Just as they've done every decade for as long as biologists have kept track, ruffed grouse numbers are moving toward a peak in their 10-year "boom-and-bust" population cycle. But no one, not even the ...

Ruffed grouse drumming increased 41% statewide this spring in Wisconsin, according to an annual survey coordinated by the Department of Natural Resources. Notably, drumming was up 48% in the northern ...

MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources this week announced the annual spring drumming survey of ruffed grouse showed below-average counts while the spring waterfowl breeding survey ...

The ruffed grouse is a medium-sized game bird with a plump body and a short crest. Their height is around 18 inches. It spends its time foraging on the forest floor for seeds and insects—these birds ...

I am fascinated by the diversity of mother nature. And this was abundantly clear to me recently while I sat in a tiny chair blind, in the dark, waiting for the sun to come up and for a ruffed grouse ...