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 ...

Minnesota ruffed and sharp-tailed grouse counts are similar to last year, based on results from spring population surveys, the Department of Natural Resources said Monday, July 1. The 2019 survey ...

ST. PAUL – Minnesota’s ruffed grouse spring population counts are up from last year, which was not expected during the current declining phase of the 10-year cycle – a pattern recorded for 72 years.

Wildlife surveys share at least a few similarities with the stock market. For example, it's best not to focus too much on specific, recent data when trying to get a gauge of long-term strength and ...

Ruffed grouse drumming increased this spring in two of three priority areas and the species appears to be on the upward phase of its traditional 10-year population cycle in Wisconsin, according to the ...

BISMARCK – Spring counts for two of North Dakota’s grouse species – sharp-tailed grouse and sage grouse – were down from last year, but ruffed grouse numbers are up, the Game and Fish Department said ...

Minnesota’s ruffed grouse spring population counts were down in 2021 compared to 2020 as grouse numbers appear to be dropping away from a recent high in 2017, but hunters could still have good numbers ...

Apr. 8—GRAND FORKS — It's quite the spectacle. Every spring, male prairie grouse — prairie chickens and sharptails — gather on mating grounds called leks and put on elaborate displays in an effort to ...

Minnesota’s ruffed grouse spring population counts are similar to last year and likely are following the 10-year cycle of rise and fall – a predictable pattern recorded for 71 years. Due to ...

A brown, chicken-like bird with a fan-shaped black-banded tail and black "ruffs" on the sides of the neck. Of course, I write of the ruffed grouse, a permanent resident throughout the deep woods of ...

Ruffed grouse drumming decreased 34% statewide this spring in Wisconsin, according to an annual survey coordinated by the Department of Natural Resources. Notably, drumming dropped 38% in the northern ...