Ted Dick could be excused for being cautious about his optimism going into Saturday's Minnesota ruffed grouse opener after last year's preseason forecast. In hindsight, the grouse biologist's ...

The greater sage-grouse—a ground-dwelling, chicken-like bird—has been the focus of controversy pitting conservation against energy development and ranching interests across the inter-mountain west.

TWIN FALLS — David Musil, a senior wildlife biologist with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, has given countless presentations over this 32-year career on the life history of sage grouse — also ...

PINE RIVER -- Poor ol' Boone. It seems the 7-year-old hunting dog has met his match -- a strange ruffed grouse that isn't afraid of anything. In fact, the wild bird will sit defiantly on Boone's head ...

Michigan is No. 1 in the U.S. for grouse and woodcock hunters, and hunters contribute a percentage of the cost of each shotgun shell and firearm to maintaining the habitat of these birds. Both birds ...