Written By: Marie Madaras. Pittsburg, NH The air shifted. The humidity settled; a cold mist suspended around me, unearthing the smell of rotting leaf litter beneath my boots mixed with […]
An Echo Through Cover
Written By: Brandon Smith. Mount Morris, New York There is nothing like experiencing something for the first time. It is a reality that can never be replicated. Hunters, and anglers, […]
The King Has Fallen
Written By: Travis Deitrich. Elizabethville, Pennsylvania A number of years ago I began hunting ruffed grouse. I was on break from school over Thanksgiving and had already taken an archery […]
The First Woodcock of ’21
Written By: Geoff Whisler. Webb Lake, WI “They also serve who only stand and wait.” ~ John Milton, When I Consider Gentle Readers and Loved Ones, Another Rowdy hunting story […]
Crush’s Turn
Written By: Lynn Dee Galey. Oscoda Cty, Michiganhttps://www.Firelightbirddogs.com I’m calling it restocking the gene pool. Otherwise, who in their right mind would enter the grouse and woodcock season with three […]
Chronicles of the Griffin Gun Club
Written by: Ken Griffin Sr. Linthicum, Maryland Stories of the hunting trips, dogs, and guns of a Maryland family “I’m a Yankee Timberdoodle, I’m a Yankee Grouse or die” Fall […]
Flight Bird Magic
Written By: Steve Sorenson. Holland, MI This was my 50th season hunting Woodcock, (28 years without a dog) and over that time I’ve had several occasions when it was evident […]
A First Grouse Story
Written by: Stephen Faust. Union Grove, NC A first Grouse story Growing up through the 70s and 80s hunting quail and Woodcock all across eastern North Carolina, I don’t remember […]
Dr. Ben Jones sits with Ron Boehme on the Hunting Dog Podcast
View the original post on the Hunting Dog Podcast website Ben Jones joins the podcast to give a state of the union address on our favorite odd couple of the […]
Celebrating 10 Years of the American Woodcock Society
Photo by Tim Flanigan Why American Woodcock? Why AWS? For more than 60 years, the Ruffed Grouse Society has fervently promoted stewardship for forest wildlife. Our vision is to create landscapes of […]
