Bob Marshall/The Times-PicayuneFinding ruffed grouse in northern Wisconsin typically means a rugged, hazardous tramp through thick wooded cover. The birds prefer the wild, young growth in forest ...

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I was out walking along a trail in the woods after a recent snow looking for animal tracks. Tracking is a great way to find out who exactly is living in your neighborhood; all that wildlife we might ...

Wisconsin has long been home to some of the North America's highest densities of ruffed grouse and some of the best hunting opportunities for the upland bird. But the native, naturally-reproducing ...

We are in the midsts of the season of upland bird hunting in the Mitten State. Here are some fun and feathery facts about a popular and great-tasting upland game bird, the ruffed grouse: - The name ...

The ruffed grouse is a bird of many personalities. Sometimes they can seem tame. Sometimes they can be aggressive. And there are old tales that maybe that’s all because they get drunk on berries. It’s ...

Close encounters with wildlife have always fascinated me. But the behavior of wild animals can be, at best, difficult to understand and, at times, totally unpredictable. I once grappled with a robin ...

SCOTIA BARRENS, PENNSYLVANIA — Chief, a white-and-orange English setter, knifes through a forest of pale-barked aspen, so thick in places the trees seem to gobble him up, the ding ding ding of his ...

IN these two books, Mr. Henry Marion Hall, assisted by Mr. Ralph Ray as illustrator, gives us accounts of the ruffed grouse and the woodcock from the point of view of the American sportsman. However, ...