Archives for September 2016

Thank You! ~ Fall 2016 President’s Message

September 21, 2016 by Ruffed Grouse Society

THANK YOU!

“Nothing happens until a sale is made,” is a maxim sometimes used in the business world. For the Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society, we could modify it to say, “Nothing happens until a volunteer steps forward.”

In the last issue of this magazine, we presented excerpts of the 2015 RGS & AWS Annual Report to highlight the progress your organization has made in pursuing our mission to preserve our sporting traditions through the creation of healthy woodland habitat for ruffed grouse, American woodcock and other forest wildlife. 2014 was a tough year to follow because in that year RGS and AWS set records for habitat projects accomplished – in terms of project dollars invested and the number of impacted acres.

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Federal Premium Sponsors New Hunter Mentor Program

September 20, 2016 by Ruffed Grouse Society

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PRESS RELEASE

451 McCormick Rd

Coraopolis PA 15108

412-262-4044

For Immediate Release

September 20, 2016

Federal Premium Ammunition Becomes Official Ammunition Sponsor of RGS New Hunter Mentor Program

Coraopolis, PA – Federal Premium Ammunition (Federal Premium) recently became the official ammunition sponsor of the Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) New Hunter Mentor Program, an outreach initiative focused on educating and influencing new hunters of all ages, including youth, women and veterans. Federal Premium will provide 20-gauge ammunition for the shooting safety education and mentored hunt components of the program.

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How To Find More Grouse And Woodcock This Fall

September 15, 2016 by Ruffed Grouse Society

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RGS in the News

The article How To Find More Grouse And Woodcock This Fall by Sam Cook was posted by Northland Outdoors on September 13, 2016 at: http://www.northlandoutdoors.com/2016/09/13/how-to-find-more-grouse-and-woodcock-this-fall/.

GROUSE0911c3 — Meine, a Deutsch-Drahthaar owned by Meadow Kouffeld-Hansen of Grand Rapids, takes a break during a northern Minnesota grouse and woodcock hunt. Meadow Kouffeld-Hansen photo

Meine, a Deutsch-Drahthaar owned by Meadow Kouffeld-Hansen of Grand Rapids,

takes a break during a northern Minnesota grouse and woodcock hunt.

Meadow Kouffeld-Hansen photo

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The Hunting Dog Podcast: The Future of Grouse!!

September 14, 2016 by Ruffed Grouse Society

09/14/16

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RGS in the News

The Hunting Dog Podcast is a series of interviews with friends, family and industry professionals all related to the world of hunting with dogs. In podcast 8 from August 10, 2016 host Ron Boehm and Eric Ellis, then RGS regional biologist, discuss The Future of Grouse!!; topics including Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan habitat and grouse; policy; Michigan public lands sell off, and dogs…

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Why We Hunt, with Member Douglas B. Egenolf

September 14, 2016 by Ruffed Grouse Society

Be careful . . . ruffed grouse will burn a passion into your hunting heart from which you can’t break free.

Give me just a touch of cooler air and for some reason, I have to start roaming. If the calendar is on the right month, that means the ruffed grouse season is in full swing. I am going to spend my free time experiencing a dense woods devour me, bones and all. I could spend some time waiting in a treestand for a whitetailed deer to come by but, I must admit, I still get fidgety. That sitting in one spot doesn’t give me any relief from that feeling that I have to roam. As I study my simple reaction to cooler weather, some will call it many things. I no longer think of it as being a passed-down tradition, being taught by someone, etc., etc. It is in my blood, and this feeling comes over me much the same as breathing; so simple and natural.

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Learn about grouse hunting spots with DNR online tools

September 13, 2016 by Ruffed Grouse Society

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The Hutchinson Leader of Crow River Media published a MN DNR press release at http://www.crowrivermedia.com/hutchinsonleader/news/lifestyle/learn-about-grouse-hunting-spots-with-dnr-online-tools/article_de1cc220-517e-5293-9817-5ece4c489bbc.html. Great info for those planning to hunt MN and it includes nice mentions of RGS and Ted Dick, MN DNR Forest Gamebird Coordinator, whose position is partially funded by RGS.

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Beyond a grouse hunter’s gear checklist — blaze-orange hat or vest, shotgun, pair of boots, small-game license — those with internet access who want to give grouse hunting a try have online tools available that can help make hunting plans a reality.

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Book Review – Tranquillity Revisited

September 12, 2016 by Ruffed Grouse Society

Tranquillity Revisited, by Colonel Harold P. Sheldon

~ Review by Jason S. Dowd

Collecting and reading outdoor literature is a hobby many of us pursue as a means to stay sane between autumns. Some of us take this a step further and seek out authors from the earlier part of the 20th Century, the “Golden Era” of grouse gunning. Not being excluded from the latter bunch, myself, it was only a matter of time until I stumbled across a man that turned out to be one of my favorite authors of the genre, Colonel Harold P. Sheldon.

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Anyone Can Be A Grouse Hunter

September 12, 2016 by Ruffed Grouse Society

No cookie-cutter template exists to define a grouse hunter. You don’t have to shoot a double-barrel side-by-side, run an English setter, and wear brand new gear to be a grouse hunter. If you do . . . great! But grouse hunters come in all shapes, sizes, practices and traditions – the more grouse hunters we have that appreciate the grouse woods experience and understand the need for conservation, the more effective we can be as a voice for healthy forests, grouse, woodcock and hunting.

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