As we bear-crawled toward the crest of the low ridge, a buzzing and clicking moved through the early morning air. “When’s the last time you bear-crawled?” Summit Daily photographer Mark Fox asked, as ...

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 ...

NORTHERN MICHIGAN (WPBN/WGTU) -- Due to the prolonged wintry conditions, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has postponed the release of sharp-tailed grouse in the western part of the Upper ...

A dominant male sharp-tailed grouse with a broken feather on its left side is in a “freeze” position during a dance, on a lek near Rexburg earlier this week. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com Even ...

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 ...

CARBON COUNTY — For decades, a population of grouse in south-central Wyoming and northwest Colorado has been identified as Columbian sharp-tailed grouse, the same subspecies that can be found in far ...

Michael Chalich, a lifelong sharp-tailed grouse hunter, remembers when he first fell in love with the game bird. He was only about 11 years old, running a trap line when he ran into some birds he didn ...

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 ...

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 ...

In spring 2017, we initiated a three-year field study investigating the population demography, habitat selection, and subspecies status of Columbian sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus ...

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 ...