Sharp-tailed grouse numbers exploded when the region was first cleared, burned and farmed by European settlers a century ago — so much so that early settlers said the flocks in flight sometimes ...

KETTLE RIVER, Minn. — This should be the time of year when sharp-tailed grouse do their dancing, the territorial mating ritual when males square off to bluff fight and females gather to watch. To the ...

NORTHERN MICHIGAN (WPBN/WGTU) -- Due to the prolonged wintry conditions, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has postponed the release of sharp-tailed grouse in the western part of the Upper ...

Two males face off on the lek where they gather to court female grouse. (Photo courtesy of walkerphotography.smugmug.com) A female sharp-tailed grouse looks over prospective suitors. (Photo courtesy ...

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 ...

LANSING -- Michigan bird hunters soon might get a shot at sharp-tailed grouse for the first time in 12 years if the Natural Resources Commission approves a recommendation for a 2010 trial season. The ...

Minnesota’s ruffed grouse spring drumming counts were up 18 percent statewide this year compared to last year, according to a survey conducted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “Ruffed ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Some unfortunate news for hunters who enjoy hunting sharp-tailed grouse. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced the spring population survey indicated a slight ...

On the heels of a severe Wisconsin winter, spring was late in arriving in 2014. To add insult to injury, in late April a light snow fell across the northwestern portion of the state. As the calendar ...

For the first time in seven years, Wisconsin may host a sharp-tailed grouse hunting season this fall. At least that's the recommendation of the Department of Natural Resources' Sharp-tailed Grouse ...

When Tom Rusch first started working in the Tower area wildlife office 30-some years ago he would see sharp-tailed grouse at a half-dozen locations across his district. Each spring Rusch and other ...