I was out walking along a trail in the woods after a recent snow looking for animal tracks. Tracking is a great way to find out who exactly is living in your neighborhood; all that wildlife we might ...

Winter arrived early this year, and unlike such occasions in the past decade, she has decided to stay. The temperatures have been consistently below freezing since Thanksgiving, and it has actually ...

BRAINERD — It wasn’t what I was hoping to find as I wandered my property on a cold January day. Atop the snow lay a pile of feathers, grouse feathers to be exact. I knew the remains were that of Ruff, ...

Anyone who’s ever hunted ruffed grouse knows how elusive and evasive this flighty upland game bird can be. These are birds that automatically take flight at the slightest whiff of hunters and their ...

Question: I was walking in the woods recently, and I was startled by a bird taking off next to me. Was this a grouse or even a pheasant? Answer: If it was in the woods of central and northern ...

Do you hear the call? It might be Ohio's wild turkey population, and you can help keep track of how many birds there are. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources asks Ohioans to report any wild ...

Have you been harassed by Pennsylvania’s state bird? The game commission wants to know. No, seriously. In the spring and fall, some ruffed grouses exhibit what wildlife experts refer to as “tame” ...

I saw a grouse in the clouds in my coffee. He was right there, plain as day. He wasn't flying; he was walking into a thicket the coffee clouds were making. (Sometimes I start out with a healthy slug ...

Ruffed grouse hunting grew up in 19th century New England, so naturally it can be a bit of a prude. So genteel in certain circles, so neatly wrapped in tradition and style, it must seem to some ...