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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DULUTH — The number of male ruffed grouse heard drumming in April and May as part of their spring mating ritual was up again this year in the Northland, signaling a continued higher population, but a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I have fond memories of creating an artificial ruffed grouse drumming log on my property. I was hoping the fake log would attract a romantic male grouse, and would become the stage for his unusual, ...

Ruffed grouse drumming increased 41% statewide this spring in Wisconsin, according to an annual survey coordinated by the Department of Natural Resources. Notably, drumming was up 48% in the northern ...

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 ...

Minnesota’s ruffed grouse spring drumming counts were down 29 percent statewide this year compared to last year, according to a survey conducted by the Department of Natural Resources. “Surveys ...