On Tuesday, September 10, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced a final rule to open or expand hunting opportunities on a number of National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) as […]
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Kentucky Grouse | Life is a Journey – RGS
Lessons in life are always there if we can only let ourselves take time to learn them. This past weekend was one of those times that I continued to learn. As […]
Voice Your Support for Sunday Hunting in Pennsylvania – RGS
On Tuesday, September 10, the Game and Fisheries Committee of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives will hold a public hearing on a bill that would allow three days of Sunday hunting in […]
The Ruffed Grouse Struggle is Real in Indiana…
On October 31, 2018, the Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society (RGS/AWS) submitted a letter in response to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Fish & Wildlife […]
Britney Booth Hired as Editor of Covers Magazine
August 29, 2019 Coraopolis, Pa – The Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society (RGS/AWS), a leader in forest wildlife conservation, have hired Britney Booth of Booth Media Group as […]
What We Can Learn from Grouse Drumming Surveys
What exactly does a drumming survey tell us…or not tell us? There’s something special about that feeling you get in the grouse woods in springtime – that moment when you […]
Your Voice Improving National Forests through RGS | AWS
Updates | August 23rd, 2019 The Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society have submitted detailed comments on recent proposals by the U.S. Forest Service to  change their implementation of the National Environmental Policy […]
Woodcock | A Gateway to the Uplands
Highlighting the cooperative and welcoming nature of a truly amazing little bird. We were wrapping up the afternoon, myself and hunting partner, also Mike, winding our way through likely cover […]
Public Comment | Wisconsin Grouse Season
The Wisconsin Ruffed Grouse Management Planning Committee has finished its first ruffed grouse management plan draft. This plan will serve as a tool for managing ruffed grouse in Wisconsin and […]