HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Few things may be more heart-pounding for a hiker or hunter than a mountain grouse’s unexpected flush along a quiet trail. Whether it’s a chance encounter while archery ...

Mountain grouse season for ruffed, blue and spruce grouse closes Dec. 15. Montana's pheasant season will open on Oct. 11 and close on Jan. 1.

(Grouse Mountain) During the 146-day hibernation staff monitored Grinder and Coola with an infrared camera placed in their den. A live feed of the images was made public on Grouse Mountain's website .

When I first started grouse hunting with Fats, he had a black and white pointer, who was named Kate. Kate only had one pup. This pup's name was Dot, who was born in 1959 and lived till 1970.

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 ...

After finding only two active leks in 2024, state biologists counted zero male birds during their annual population survey ...

In 2014, Montana Governor Steve Bullock created the Sage Grouse Habitat Conservation Program, which established a variety of limitations and stipulations to conserve the species within the state. [27] ...

Montana’s mountain grouse species are both lightly hunted and common in many areas, including the state’s remotest stretches, so much of the information game managers receive about their ...