As he now pursues a graduate degree at MSU, Hanlon has connected with McNew for his thesis — to see if sharp-tailed grouse nests can be identified and monitored with his infrared camera-mounted ...

Then came heavy rains in June that likely pummeled production for the ground-nesting birds. Minnesota's season for ruffed grouse, sharp-tailed grouse, spruce grouse and Hungarian partridges opens ...

Sharp-tailed grouse also pulled off an unexpected increase ... likely resulted in strong nest success, chick survival and overwinter survival,” said Charlotte Roy, the DNR’s lead grouse ...

Early nesting was further disrupted by significant ... summaries of the 2021 upland game bird seasons. Pheasant, sharp-tailed grouse and Hungarian partridge harvests all were down from 2020.

The 2024 pheasant and sharp-tailed grouse harvests in North Dakota were up from the previous year, while the gray partridge ...

MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) - A recent Game and Fish survey has shown a more than 50% increase in sharp-tailed grouse. While these birds frequent prairies and grasslands and reproduce at high rates ...

The Pine Ridge Ranger District is offering a sharp-tailed grouse viewing blind that is free for the public to use. This will allow visitors the opportunity to witness the amazing courtship ...

Sharp-tailed grouse hunters in Minnesota and North Dakota are being asked to send in wing samples from harvested birds. The samples will go through DNA analysis and be used to evaluate the genetic ...

Oct. 30—The Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will accept public input on a proposal to continue classifying the Columbian sharp-tailed grouse as an endangered species.

Montana is not known for its appreciation of sharp-tailed grouse. Deer, elk and bighorn sheep are the headline grabbers. So when Lance McNew first arrived in the state nine years ago, he felt like ...