RGS 2016 GROUSE CAMP TOUR – Monterey, Virginia The Birthplace of the Ruffed Grouse Society Walking down the short main street of Monterey, Virginia, a small mountain town in the […]
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Book Review – Tranquillity Revisited
Tranquillity Revisited, by Colonel Harold P. Sheldon ~ Review by Jason S. Dowd Collecting and reading outdoor literature is a hobby many of us pursue as a means to stay […]
Why We Hunt, with Member A.J. DeRosa
We are living in a golden age of the grouse woods. I no longer see the ruffed grouse of the past, but a culture of today – young and old, […]
Why We Hunt, with Member Tom Keer
Our hats look like oil pans, our favorite vests have more patches and thread than original cloth, and while we may be late to supper, we are never late for […]
Driftless Young Forest Symposium
Today, the Ruffed Grouse Society brought together agency professionals from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois to focus on landscape-scale goals to enhance future young forest habitat in the Driftless Region. […]
The Effect of Drought on Woodcock
By Andrew P. Weik – RGS & AWS Regional Wildlife Biologist – New York, New England After a spring seemingly favorable to ground nesting birds such as grouse and woodcock, […]
Why We Hunt, with Member Landon Knittweis
Grousing soon became my religion, one that challenged me to view the world through a lens of ethics, stewardship and conservation, community and wild untrammeled beauty that is the sport. […]
Training in the Dog Days of Summer
Working your dog in the off-season with training partners helps ensure you get the most out of your fall. Working your dog in the off-season is a good way to […]
RGS Responds to Anti-Forest Management Message
Earlier this spring, the Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society determined at a strategic planning meeting that public resistance to scientifically sound habitat management practices was one of the […]
Book Review – A Grouse Hunter’s Almanac
A GROUSE HUNTER’S ALMANAC The Other Kind of Hunting By Mark Parman Published 2010 – University of Wisconsin Press Mark Parman has been a longtime contributor of classic grouse and […]
