HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Few things may be more heart-pounding for a hiker or hunter than a mountain grouse’s unexpected flush along a quiet trail. Whether it’s a chance encounter while archery hunting ...

Sage grouse are being reviewed a second time because of a federal suit filed by Idaho’s own Western Watersheds Project in 2006. In December 2007, U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill overturned a ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FOREST GROUSE HUNTING season opened Sept. 1 statewide and will continue through Dec. 31. Forest grouse is a catch-all term for the blue, ruffed and spruce species, all of which can be found on the ...