Summer has one last hurrah this Labor Day weekend, and then we'll slowly drift into autumn. Both Wyoming and Montana have early bird seasons that start Sept. 1 for mountain grouse and mourning doves.

I grew up hunting grouse with my dad in the Upper Clark Fork River Valley. In those days, we hunted fool hens and blue grouse. I rarely hear the term fool hen today. The name comes from the fact that ...

I saw a grouse in the clouds in my coffee. He was right there, plain as day. He wasn't flying; he was walking into a thicket the coffee clouds were making. (Sometimes I start out with a healthy slug ...

LA GRANDE — The upland game bird hunting season starts a week or so later than usual, but conditions should be worth the wait for hunters. According to forecasts from Oregon Department of Fish and ...

It’s 4:25 a.m. and I’m barely awake as a I pull into the Nevada Department of Wildlife’s parking lot in south Reno. Upland game biologist Shawn Espinosa needs to be well past Smith Valley before ...

Although it is a rather common year-round resident of Teller County, Dusky Grouse are reclusive so are not seen very often. Most of my observations have been while hiking or driving along trails and ...