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Why We Hunt

Kentucky Grouse | Life is a Journey – RGS

September 6, 2019 by Mark Reese

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 […]

Filed Under: Dogs, Hunting, Read, Why We Hunt Tagged With: bird dogs, Kentucky, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, upland hunting

WHY WE HUNT: Member Christian Fichtel, North Carolina

August 25, 2017 by Ruffed Grouse Society

“To those devoid of imagination, a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part.” ~ Aldo Leopold I’ve always believed that hunting should […]

Filed Under: Hunting, Read, Why We Hunt Tagged With: american woodcock, American Woodcock Society, appalachians, aws, forest habitat, forest management, Grouse, grouse hunting, hunt, hunting, north american model of conservation, north carolina, rgs, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, southern appalachian, theodore roosevelt, upland hunting, why I hunt, Why We Hunt, Woodcock, woodcock hunting, young forests

WHY WE HUNT, Member Drew Phipps

July 21, 2017 by Ruffed Grouse Society

” . . . it is disturbing to me that there are so few grouse left in the woods here. I often wonder if I will be the last person […]

Filed Under: Dogs, Hunting, Read, Why We Hunt Tagged With: american woodcock, American Woodcock Society, appalachia, forest habitat, forests, Grouse, grouse hunting, habitat, hunting, national forests, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, southern appalachia, west virginia, Woodcock, woodcock hunting, young forest habitat, young forests

WHY WE HUNT, Member Morgan Wolfe

July 12, 2017 by Ruffed Grouse Society

” . . . and part of the reason I hunt is because I love the bonds that this sport creates. The bond between a man or woman and a […]

Filed Under: Dogs, Hunting, Read, Why We Hunt Tagged With: american woodcock, American Woodcock Society, bird dogs, dogs, Grouse, grouse dogs, grouse hunting, gun dogs, hunting, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, shotguns, Why We Hunt, Woodcock, woodcock hunting

WHY WE HUNT, Member Jim Gray

July 5, 2017 by Ruffed Grouse Society

I might have arrived late to the grouse hunting scene, but I am determined to do everything I can to “pay it forward” and leave it in better shape than […]

Filed Under: Dogs, Grouse Camp Tour, Hunting, Read, Why We Hunt Tagged With: american woodcock, American Woodcock Society, early successional forest, forest habitat, forests, Grouse, grouse hunting, hunting, National forest, national forests, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, Woodcock, woodcock hunting, young forest, young forest habitat

WHY WE HUNT, Member Don Mallicoat

June 22, 2017 by Ruffed Grouse Society

I don’t remember the first bird I shot. But I do remember when I knew I was a bird hunter. As a burr-headed boy of about 12, I was walking […]

Filed Under: Dogs, Hunting, Read, Why We Hunt Tagged With: bird hunting, grouse hunting, hunting, hunting dogs, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, Why We Hunt

WHY WE HUNT, Member Cooper Rossner

June 15, 2017 by Ruffed Grouse Society

These connections I make with people, dogs, birds, my heritage and the soil along with the memories and stories I’ll tell for the rest of my life are why I […]

Filed Under: Dogs, Hunting, Read, Why We Hunt

WHY WE HUNT, Member Ron McGinty

June 9, 2017 by Ruffed Grouse Society

The first grouse I ever swung on was a right-to-left crosser at “The Wild 80”, a hunting club my wife’s late father belonged to. It was one of those clear, […]

Filed Under: Dogs, Hunting, Read, Why We Hunt

WHY WE HUNT, Member Payton Gunby

May 31, 2017 by Ruffed Grouse Society

I grouse hunt because it’s in my DNA. Surprisingly, it doesn’t have to be passed down through genetics. Take a stroll through the grouse woods and you might find it […]

Filed Under: Dogs, Hunting, Read, Why We Hunt Tagged With: american woodcock, American Woodcock Society, aws, bird dogs, bird hunting, dogs, forest, forests, Grouse, grouse dogs, grouse hunting, gun dogs, habitat, hunting, national forests, rgs, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, upland hunting, Woodcock, woodcock hunting, young forests

WHY WE HUNT, Member Stephen Faust

May 24, 2017 by Ruffed Grouse Society

Our sport will die out if we’re not bringing in new hunters. In the sales world, we say if you’re not growing you’re dying. In the hunting world, the same […]

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