The annual grouse hunting season opened on Tuesday. One of the first bird hunting seasons of the fall, grouse can be very challenging birds to hunt. Or, they can be incredibly easy. It just depends on ...

But in spite of his preoccupation with waterfowl, I talked him into going ruffed grouse hunting. Even though he had lived most of his life in the center of some of the very best ruffed grouse country ...

FOREST GROUSE HUNTING season opened Sept. 1 statewide and will continue through Dec. 31. Forest grouse is a catch-all term for the blue, ruffed and spruce species, all of which can be found on the ...

With a long and rich tradition of upland bird hunting, Pennsylvania has been a bird-hunting destination for decades. Even with the population of wild birds declining somewhat over time, there are ...

The statewide hunting season for ruffed and blue grouse, as well as mourning doves, opened Sept. 1, and the season for most other upland game birds, including chukar, quail and rooster pheasants, ...

Discover Field & Stream’s upland bird hunting stories and expert advice for pursuing pheasants, quail, grouse, and doves. Our editors share time-tested strategies, dog training insights, shotgunning ...

Finally we are having a grouse hunting season like I remember it being when I was a kid. Last weekend I traveled north to check out the deer stands and do a little bird hunting. I heard the grouse ...

MILLINOCKET, Maine – For bird hunters the names roll right off the tongue: Rangeley, Jackman, Oxbow, Baxter, Round Mountain, Umbagog, Millincocket. They’re locations in northern Maine, a state ...

Female sage grouse move as a group at a site in northwest Colorado. New UW-led research examines the impact of hunting restrictions on the iconic bird across the West. (Jeff Beck Photo) A thorough ...

Wisconsin will host a sharp-tailed grouse hunting season this fall, the first since 2018. The decision to resume a hunt comes after four consecutive years of population increases of the ...

Wildlife agencies throughout western North America have set increasingly more conservative harvest regulations over the past 25 years to conserve sage grouse, with mixed results for bird numbers. A ...

North Dakota Game and Fish has put out its numbers for the 2025 hunting season, showing that upland bird harvests were down ...