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Nantahala and Pisgah Draft Forest Management Plan Released – RGS

February 20, 2020 by Linda Ordiway

Action Alert: Nantahala and Pisgah Draft Forest Management Plan RGS/AWS membership response in the process so far expressing the need for Young Forest Habitat has been outstanding and has already […]

Filed Under: Action Alert, Announcements, Read Tagged With: forest management, nantahala, National forest, national forests, Pisgah

C’mon President Trump . . . #FixOurForest

March 23, 2018 by Brent Rudolph

By Brent A. Rudolph, Ph.D., RGS & AWS Director of Conservation Policy A number of provisions favorable to hunters and healthy forests await the President’s signature later today… On December […]

Filed Under: Action Alert, Habitat, Hunting, Read Tagged With: American Woodcock Society, fixourforest, forests, grouse hunting, habitat, national forests, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, wildlife, Woodcock, woodcock hunting

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE – Pause to Reflect

December 20, 2017 by Ruffed Grouse Society

It won’t be long before it’s time for us to think about New Year’s resolutions. Personally, I’ve never really taken this practice very seriously, but I know a lot of […]

Filed Under: Events, Habitat, Hunting, Mentored Hunting, President's Message, Read, Wildlife Ecology Tagged With: american woodcock, American Woodcock Society, forest habitat, forests, Grouse, grouse camp, Grouse Camp Tour, grouse hunting, habitat, maine, massachusetts, national forests, new england, new hampshire, new york, orvis, Project Upland, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, SportDOG, vermont, woodcock hunting

GROUSE CAMP TOUR STARTS TODAY!

October 21, 2017 by Ruffed Grouse Society

NEW YORK & NEW ENGLAND 2017 GROUSE CAMP TOUR October 21 – 29 #grousecamptour “There is an old New England saying to the effect that if you give a man […]

Filed Under: Dogs, Events, Gear Reviews, Grouse Camp Tour, Habitat, Hunting, Uncategorized Tagged With: american woodcock, American Woodcock Society, forest habitat, forests, Grouse, grouse camp, Grouse Camp Tour, grouse hunting, habitat, maine, massachusetts, national forests, new england, new hampshire, new york, orvis, Project Upland, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, SportDOG, vermont, woodcock hunting

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 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 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 Noah Smith

May 17, 2017 by Ruffed Grouse Society

The sun was making its way across a high top in the Nantahala Mountains, and the first rays of light hit the frozen windshield of my truck. The thoughts of […]

Filed Under: Dogs, Hunting, Mentored Hunting, Read, Why We Hunt Tagged With: american woodcock, American Woodcock Society, bird dogs, forest habitat, grouse dogs, grouse hunting, habitat, national forests, RGS Chapters, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, ruffed grouse society magazine, shotguns, woodcock hunting, young forests

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