The Department of Natural Resources announced July 15 there would be no sharp-tailed grouse hunting season in 2026 in ...

For decades, a population of grouse in south‑central Wyoming and northwest Colorado has been identified as Columbian sharp‑tailed grouse, the same subspecies that can be found in far western Wyoming ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 4—Michael Chalich, a lifelong sharp-tailed grouse hunter, remembers when he first fell in love with the game bird. He was ...

A study by University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers has found that predicted increased temperatures across the Great Plains are likely to influence the survival of the sharp-tailed grouse, a native ...

In spring 2017, we initiated a three-year field study investigating the population demography, habitat selection, and subspecies status of Columbian sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus ...

Sharp-tailed grouse numbers exploded when the region was first cleared, burned and farmed by European settlers a century ago — so much so that early settlers said the flocks in flight sometimes ...

Wisconsin will host a sharp-tailed grouse hunting season this fall, the first since 2018. The decision to resume a hunt comes after four consecutive years of population increases of the ...

As we bear-crawled toward the crest of the low ridge, a buzzing and clicking moved through the early morning air. “When’s the last time you bear-crawled?” Summit Daily photographer Mark Fox asked, as ...

The Wisconsin DNR has closed the sharp-tailed grouse hunting season for 2026, citing survey data, while continuing habitat work to support long-term recovery.

LANSING -- Michigan bird hunters soon might get a shot at sharp-tailed grouse for the first time in 12 years if the Natural Resources Commission approves a recommendation for a 2010 trial season. The ...

On the heels of a severe Wisconsin winter, spring was late in arriving in 2014. To add insult to injury, in late April a light snow fell across the northwestern portion of the state. As the calendar ...

When Tom Rusch first started working in the Tower area wildlife office 30-some years ago he would see sharp-tailed grouse at a half-dozen locations across his district. Each spring Rusch and other ...