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By Jay Johnson DNR hunting recruitment and retention coordinator Ever hunted ruffed grouse? If not, this is the year to start. The tasty, fast-flying forest game bird is at high population levels.

small-game license – those with internet access who want to give grouse hunting a try have online tools available that can help make hunting plans a reality. “Where can I hunt? That’s ...

Most sharp-tailed grouse hunting is now found in Nebraska, the Dakotas, Montana, and southern portions of the prairie provinces of Canada.

Tom Remington has a solution to both situations. As befitting someone who once prepared a doctoral dissertation on the subject, Remington knows almost precisely where and how to find blue grouse, even ...

Sharp-tailed grouse hunters in Minnesota and North Dakota are being asked to send in wing samples from harvested birds. The samples will go through DNA analysis and be used to evaluate the genetic ...

An unlikely coalition is fighting to protect the Gunnison sage-grouse. Theresa Childers, wildlife biologist at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, is poring over a red-and-blue map revealing ...

A symbol of the American West, the greater sage grouse is a large, ground-dwelling bird known for its spell-binding mating dances, in which the males inflate their chests to show off their strength.