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 ...

RED LAKE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, Minn.-Traffic noise isn't a problem, but a forest full of sounds competes for Gretchen Mehmel's ears on this crisp Monday morning. Pileated woodpeckers hammer away ...

Better make sure you have good hunting boots this fall. You might be walking a little farther between grouse flushes. Minnesota's ruffed grouse spring drumming counts showed an average decline of 24 ...

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 ...

While drumming counts offer an indication of ruffed grouse numbers going into breeding season, this year’s dry weather resulted in nesting conditions that were favorable for brood survival. That could ...

An annual survey detected less drumming by ruffed grouse in Wisconsin this spring, the latest indication the species has entered a lower stage of its population cycle, according to Department of ...

A male grouse "drums" or beats its wings on its chest to attract a mate in spring. This year's drumming count across the ruffed grouse range in Minnesota was the highest since 1972, but a wet June may ...

Jun. 24—The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources this week announced the results of annual ruffed grouse surveys, with drumming activity down 6% statewide this spring compared to 2019. No ...

In predawn darkness I quietly hiked a narrow woodland trail, tripod and camera thrown over my shoulder. I was en route to a photography blind situated near a ruffed grouse drumming log. This was last ...

As expected, Minnesota ruffed grouse counts were down this spring, but wildlife managers in the northwest part of the state say they’re optimistic favorable breeding conditions could help offset the ...