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 ...

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 were back on their dancing ground in the middle of last week -- but their dancing was desultory -- perhaps because their feet were cold. The dancing ground, or lek, is snow-covered ...

For the first time in seven years, Wisconsin may host a sharp-tailed grouse hunting season this fall. The committee, made up of DNR staff and a variety of stakeholders, including members of the ...

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 ...

The sharp-tailed grouse hunting season will remain closed in Wisconsin for 2024, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR.) The DNR said Tuesday that permits and applications ...

Hunters in the greater Missoula region this fall may encounter a game bird not seen in the area for decades: sharp-tailed grouse. And hunters are being reminded not to shoot them. There hasn't been a ...

DANBURY - Pink and orange light bled across the eastern horizon and heralded dawn April 16 across northwestern Wisconsin. And on a flat, grassy half-acre in northern Burnett County something else also ...

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 ...

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 ...