by Kristen A. Schmitt Most grouse hunters remember their first bird. For Julie Sandstrom, it was near Squaw Lake in the Chippewa National Forest. For Brian Smith, a lucky mid-air […]
Covers Magazine
Here in November? The Challenges of American Woodcock Migration and Identifying Stopover Habitats in the Southeast
by Durrell Smith As we walked the trail into what seemed to be a never-ending mess of vines, thorns and briars, the question of traversing such nasty cover was disregarded. […]
Recipe: Alsatian Woodcock
by Ryan Sparks A special anniversary deserves a special dish. This one is inspired by Alsace, a cultural region situated at the intersection of France, Germany and Switzerland. From a […]
Orvis Great Giveback Days Fundraiser
For two consecutive years, the Southern Appalachian Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society in Asheville, North Carolina, has partnered with the Asheville, North Carolina, Orvis store for the Great Giveback […]
RGS & AWS Surveys Membership: Conservation, Military Service, Dogs Seize Spotlight
In its first membership-wide survey since 2018, the Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society (RGS & AWS) revealed a membership that values conservation, serves in the military at rates […]
RGS & AWS Forest Service Partnership Improves Habitat in Kentucky’s Daniel Boone National Forest, Draws Partner Praise
A diverse roster of conservation and resource management agencies underscored the importance of sustainable, science-based forest management to wildlife in a stewardship agreement being led by the Ruffed Grouse Society […]
Honoring Robert J Lytle
“I very often don’t agree with Bob, but that doesn’t make him wrong and me right. On the other hand, I place a high value on Bob as a Director. […]
President’s Message – Summer 2024
by Benjamin C. Jones, President & CEO Our English setter, Pax’s, name came from the genus for American woodcock: Scolopax. Pax is also Latin for peace, although he often missed […]
Satellite Tracking and the Science of Woodcock Migration
by Erik Blomberg, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Conservation Biology, University of Maine Each year around the second week of March, I make a habit of […]
Return of the Timberdoodles
Banding American woodcock in the spring by Bailey Peterson “The early bird gets the worm.” Obviously, whoever wrote that quote was referring to the woodcock returning to their breeding grounds […]
