The beauty of upland hunting lies in its simplicity. It’s a walk with a gun. Your goal is to frighten ground-dwelling birds into flight, so you can shoot them. Even if you don’t find anything, you’ve ...

Every state in the U.S. has an upland hunting season. From grouse in Maine to an assortment of non-native pheasants and other birds in Hawaii, America is home to a wide variety of upland birds. While ...

The statewide hunting season for ruffed and blue grouse, as well as mourning doves, opened Sept. 1, and the season for most other upland game birds, including chukar, quail and rooster pheasants, ...

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 ...

Two important factors impact availability of upland game during the fall hunting season: number of breeding adults in the spring and the reproductive success of the breeding population. Reproductive ...

Hunting for upland game birds is a great opportunity for exercise, camaraderie and, of course, harvesting some birds. Wendy Horine, a hunter education coordinator, offers these tips for a safe hunt: * ...

Veteran upland bird gunners would pose that the difference between grouse and partridge, for the most part, depends on your location.

Many Montanans begin thinking about upland game birds well before the upland bird season opener. Whether you are interested in increasing bird populations on private land, training hunting dogs or ...

Standing in the brush along an abandoned rock quarry, I scanned the blue, cloud-free September sky for flying birds. My prey? Band-tail pigeons, the West Coast’s cousin to the extinct passenger pigeon ...

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With archery and upland game bird hunting seasons scheduled to begin this weekend, the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) has released its 2023 Montana hunting forecast. Increased ...