“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. […]
Covers Magazine
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 […]
Recipe: Quick Gamebird Tikka Masala
by Simon Tiedge I like quick and tasty work-night dinners that are easy to make. This one meets all the requirements, with a British/Indian twist. Chicken tikka is a traditional […]
Book Review: “Wingshooting: The Art & Science”
by Glen Blackwood, RGS & AWS Director of Regional Development – Lower Peninsula/Eastern U.P. of Michigan & Indiana “Wingshooting: The Art & Science” by Bryan Bilinski Fieldsport Press (fieldsportltd.com) ISBN: 978-0578-48895-0 […]
Choosing a New Forest Shotgun -Five top aspects to consider
by Mark Herwig I started grouse hunting in 1974 in the 3.9 million-acre Superior National Forest west of Grand Marais, Minn. We got a few, then got lost, but that’s […]
Fightingtown Creek Habitat Improvement Project on the Chattahoochee National Forest
by Daniel Kutschied | RGS & AWS Forest Wildlife Specialist – Public Lands Georgia Ruffed grouse in North Georgia are at the southernmost extent of their range in the Eastern […]
Know Your Cover – Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
by Jake Tomlinson Growing up hunting grouse in the hills of north-central Pennsylvania, I learned early that once we reached the hemlocks, we had to be ready to shoot. To […]
RGS & AWS Hire Sean Berry as the Southern Appalachians Forest Conservation Coordinator
Sean Barry joins RGS & AWS as a Forest Conservation Coordinator for the Southern Appalachians, focusing on projects involving public lands. Prior to this role, Berry finished his MS in […]
