The Traveling Wingshooter

RUFFED GROUSE POPULATIONS IN THE LAKE STATES APPEAR TO BE ON THE LONG-ANTICIPATED RISE IN THEIR 10-YEAR CYCLE. MINNESOTA’S RUFFED GROUSE SPRING DRUMMING COUNTS WERE UP 18 PERCENT STATEWIDE THIS [...]

The 2016 chukar hunting story in a single word: Nevada! Once a decade or so, things turn just right with a combination of a mild winter, nice winter green-up, and good moisture throughout the [...]

by Dave Smith Chukar production picture hinges largely on winter precipitation and green-up. As of March in the premier chukar destination state of Nevada, the situation appeared bleak to Shawn [...]

by Dave Smith Prairie grouse are on the rise across the northern Great Plains thanks to a mild winter and good to excellent conditions during the nesting season. Sharptail populations in North [...]

by Dave Smith It’s been raining quail in Arizona, according to Jonathan O’Dell, Arizona Game & Fish Department (AZGFD) Small Game Biologist: “We’ve had a pretty good [...]

by Dave Smith The final 2014 pheasant production scorecard was far better than projected last year in mid-summer, as reported in The Reports Are In (February/March 2015). Tantalizingly good, in [...]

by Dave Smith Bobwhite populations in the western portion of the range are on the road to recovery after several years of extreme drought and plummeting populations. The fantastic conditions of [...]

by Dave Smith Ruffed Grouse Ruffed grouse populations in the Great Lakes region are poised to enter the upward side of the 10-year grouse population cycle, according to ruffed grouse experts. [...]

by Dave Smith There’s a time to pine for the good ‘ol days, and there’s a time to load up the bird dogs and go hunting. The upcoming season falls into the latter category. [...]