RGS Blog

Written by: Alan DavyPort Sydney, Ontario I could hardly believe my good fortune. It was my first season in the grouse woods and here I was about to enter a […]

Written by: John MarxMadison, WI “So you’ve decided to take him,” she says as she enters my former kitchen. Not a question, but a statement of resignation, of contention lost. […]

Written by: Ken Mac DonaldSturgeon Bay, WI It was a special day known only to October. Blue skies, bright leaves, crisp nights, and a touch of burnt powder. The glory […]

Written by: David GaitherPlymouth, MN My gun and my dog saved my life. No it’s not what you might think, I wasn’t attacked by a charging grizzly or would be […]

Written by: Dale Arenz We once had a very smart German Wirehaired Pointer. Many people say dogscan’t reason, but we know better. Hans was a intelligent dog and you could […]

Written by: Jack MontgomeryGreensboro, Pennsylvania At was the 1986/87 grouse season and I was hunting in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania with the late Judge Robert S. Grigsby and Chuck Thompson, who […]

Written by: Richard BjorumInternational Falls, MN This occurred over thirty-five years ago, during a different world.  Here’s why.  I often would load my hunting gear: an SKB 12 ga. double […]

Written by: Karl TerryberryLewiston, NY I own about 40 acres of land in Western New York. We call it “the farm.” My father bought in the 70s when population was […]

Written by: Gary HopkinsonDunstable, MA I’ve been Grouse hunting since 1963 and have tons and tons of stories about Grouse to tell, but this story will remain the deepest in […]

The early morning woods were still and silent as the sunlight struggled to penetrate the still dense tree canopy. The same sun that rose two hours earlier a few weeks ago, and would have been blazingly hot, now dimly lit the forest floor, muting the kaleidoscope of colors of the mountains of leaves that had dropped off of the tree branches above.