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 western Wyoming ...

“We are at the point now where there are so few birds in some places, there’s an issue of genetic viability,’’ said Dave Pauley, president of the Minnesota Sharp-Tailed Grouse Society and a retired ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sharp-tailed grouse hunters in Minnesota and North Dakota are being asked to send in wing samples from harvested birds. The ...

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 ...

BILLINGS – Finding a sharp-tailed grouse on its nest is no easy task, even when the hens are collared with tracking devices. Jason Hanlon found that out this spring as he attempted to locate 10 ...

Wisconsin will host a sharp-tailed grouse hunting season this fall, the first since 2018. The decision to resume a hunt comes after four consecutive years of population increases of the ...

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 ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced Monday that the hunting season for sharp-tailed grouse in east-central Minnesota will be closed this fall — and likely in future years — because ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Hunting season is just around the corner, but in parts of Minnesota, one bird will be off-limits. The sharp-tailed grouse population in east-central Minnesota has declined so ...

With the sage-grouse season in Idaho just around the corner, Fish and Game reminds upland bird hunters of new sage-grouse and sharp-tailed grouse requirements for the 2021 hunting season. Hunters are ...

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 ...