The sooty grouse is a species of forest-dwelling grouse native to North America’s Pacific Coast Ranges. It is closely related to the dusky grouse found east of the Cascades and into Montana. The two ...

My memories of hunting the ruffed grouse in Georgia's high mountains began back in 1956 when I was taken under the wing and taught about a great game bird. The grouse hunter who I was taught by was ...

For wild upland birds — grouse and pheasants and such — it’s all about the hatch and chick survival. Well, almost all. A really bad winter can knock things back for a year or two, but, generally, if ...

Western Montana: (Region 1 and Region 2) In northwestern Montana, last year’s harvest of dusky grouse was about two-thirds of normal. There should be more birds this fall, but populations will remain ...

Small game and several bird hunting seasons start Sunday. Find blue grouse in most mountain areas throughout Wyoming on Bureau of Land Management and national forest lands. Ruffed grouse live in the ...

We try to walk quietly on a path that’s barely lit by a waning moon and the night’s last stars, speaking in hushed whispers as we trip over sagebrush and pant in the thin air. It’s spring, and we‘re ...

Last year's upland game bird season was a disappointment for many Montana bird hunters. Freezing rain and cool temperatures during the nesting season killed a large portion of upland birds around the ...

In Montana, upland game birds consist of sage and sharp-tailed grouse, blue, ruffed and Franklin's grouse, pheasants, Hungarian (gray) partridge and wild turkeys. Most upland game bird seasons begin ...

The greater sage-grouse—a ground-dwelling, chicken-like bird—has been the focus of controversy pitting conservation against energy development and ranching interests across the inter-mountain west.

Hunting preserves: Private operations that release pen-raised pheasants for hunting on designated land about eight months a year include: Double Barrell Ranch, south of Spokane Valley, (509) 270-5518, ...

A female sage grouse takes flight at a lek near Baggs early Wednesday morning. Wyoming's efforts alone to preserve the greater sage grouse won't be enough to keep the birds off the federal endangered ...