Useful Links

Corporate Sponsors

AYA Fine Guns
Bass Pro Shops
Beretta USA
Boyt
Browning
Cabela’s
CONSOL Energy
Federal Cartridge
Filson
Caesar Guerini
L.L. Bean
Louisiana-Pacific
MeadWestvaco
NewPage
Orvis
Purina
Remington
Russell Moccasin
SKB Shotguns
Smith & Wesson
SportDOG
Steiner
Stihl U.S.A.
Ugly Dog Hunting Company

Under Broken Wings, RGS Chapters and RGS Canada

Under Broken Wings:
Give a child with a disability the chance to grouse hunt!

Andy Ammann Chapter (Lansing, MI area)
Charles E. Bechtel Chapter (Reading, PA area)
Covered Bridge Chapter (Washington, PA area)
Delaware Valley Chapter (Media, PA area)
Gilbert R. Symons Chapter (Cincinnati, OH area)
Le Grand Traverse Chapter (Traverse City, MI area)
Maine Chapter
New Jersey Chapters
Smoky Mountain Chapter (Franklin, TN area)
Twin Cities MN Chapter

Ruffed Grouse Society of Canada

State Coverts Sites

Connecticut
Indiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York
Pennsylvania
Vermont Coverts, Inc.
West Virginia
Wisconsin

Website Photographs

Photos on this website are copyrighted by the Ruffed Grouse Society and/or the respective photographer. No pictures may be reproduced without the express written permission of the copyright owner.

Many of the photos are provided by the following photographers whom RGS thanks for their outstanding contributions to the beauty of this website.

Rick Baetsen Wildlife and Nature Photography

   Timothy C. Flanigan, Nature Exposure Tim received honorable mention for his photo "Game Bird King" (an alert grouse) in the color fauna division of the 2007 Outdoor Writer's Association of America Photo Contest

Guns

Americas GunShows.com
Browning
Coastal Gun Stock and Sports Supply
Doublegun.com
DoubleShotguns.com
Griffin & Howe
Gunshop.com
Hallowell & Company Fine Sporting Guns
Ithaca Gun Company
Kimber
Parker Gun Collectors Assn.
Winchester Ammunition

Conservation Organizations

Ducks Unlimited
National Wild Turkey Federation
North American Grouse Partnership
Pheasants Forever
Quail Unlimited
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Trout Unlimited
Whitetails Unlimited

Dogs

American Kennel Club
Apex Dog Supply
Bird Dog News
Country Critters Dog Supplies
dogBAR-USA -- Designer dog bowls
fielddog.com
German Shorthaired Pointer Page
Gun Dog Life
Hunting Retriever Club
Invisible Fence
Kolpin
Lion Country Supply
Lovett’s Electronics
North American Hunting Retriever Association
North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association
PetFrenzy
Pointing Dog Journal
Radio Fence
Sporting Dog Portraits
The Bird Dog Foundation, Inc.
United Kennel Club
Versatile Dogs
William Harnden Foster Award -- Awarded Annually to the Top Dog In Grouse and Woodcock Trials

Habitat/Environment

National Forest Legal News Blog
National Forest Legal Newsletters
American Forests Foundation
Balancing Ecology and Economics: A Start-up Guide for Forest Owner Cooperation
Boise Cascade
Cold Stream Farm
Digital Grove Mapping
Evergreen Foundation and Magazine
Forest Landowners
Forest Stewardship
Forestry Index.net
Forests-Forever.com (Fuji Film)
How to Prevent Timber Theft (NY DEC)
Master Wildlifer - Wildlife on Private Lands
MeadWestvaco Wildlife and Ecosystem Research Forest
National Association of State Foresters
NRCS - Web Soil Survey
NED - Northeast Decision Model for Non-industrial Forest Landowners
New England Forestry Foundation
NH Outdoors
NY Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Sawmill & Woodlot Mgmt.
Southern Center for Wildland-Urban Interface Research and Information
Southern Regional Extension Forestry
Sportsmen’s Land Trust
The Forest Landowners Guide to Internet Resources
Urban Forests Ecosystem Institute
USDA Forest Service Cooperative Forestry
USDA Forest Service Valuing Ecosystem Services
USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
USFS -- Diameter Limit Cutting (This BAD practice described)
USFS Northeastern Area Resources for Landowners
Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative
Woodland Options for Landowners (TN & NC especially)

Ruffed Grouse

AK Dept Fish & Game Grouse Page
Canadian Wildlife Service Hinterland Who’s Who
MN DNR Nature Snapshots - Ruffed Grouse
MN DNR, Young Naturalists - All About Grouse, Chickens That Wear Snowshoes
MO Breeding Bird Atlas - Ruffed Grouse
New England Nature Ruffed Grouse page
NY Ruffed Grouse Hunting
NY DEC Cooperator Ruffed Grouse Hunting Log and Annual Results
RUFFED GROUSE MANAGEMENT in MO
Univ. MO-Colombia Extension Div Agricultural Guide

American Woodcock

Woodcock Conservation Plan at www.timberdoodle.org

10th Woodcock Symposium
A Landowner’s Guide to Woodcock Habitat Management in the Northeast -- US FWS
American Woodcock; Population Status -- US FWS Annual Reports
American Woodcock Singing-ground Surveys in the Western Great Lakes Region: Assessment of Trends in Woodcock Counts, Forest Cover Types along Survey Routes, and Landscape Cover Type Composition (See pages 33-34)
Survival, Habitat Use and Fall Movements of American Woodcock in the Western Great Lakes Region Progress to Date (pages 11-16)
Birds of Nova Scotia
Marj’s Woodcock Page - Massachusetts
MN DNR Nature Snapshots - American Woodcock
MO Breeding Bird Atlas - American Woodcock
MO Conservationist Online - "Telling On Timberdoodles"
Nature of New England - Amer. Woodcock
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center - Research Proposal Summary
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center - American Woodcock ID Tips
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center - SUMMARY DATA ON NORTH AMERICAN BIRD BANDINGS AND ENCOUNTERS (PREPARED ON 10/06/99)
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center - How many birds are banded?
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center - Current Research Topics in all of Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Projects including 'woodcock'
Univ. MI Species accounts - American Woodcock
USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

Pen-raising Ruffed Grouse

American Pheasant & Waterfowl Society
Game Bird (and Conservationist’s) Gazette
Northwest Wildfowl Farm, Everett, WA (Paul Dye)
World Pheasant Association

Other Sites

Choice Hotels International
Argentina’s Best Hunts
Boise
Briar Rabbit Shooting Sports
Choice Accessories
Classic Upland Supply Co.
Collector’s Covey and RGS Stamp Prints
Danner
Duluth Pack
Embroidery Art
Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry
Barbour
Game and Fish Magazine
GoogleEarth
GrouseHunter.net
Hunt for the Hungry - WI
Hunters Sharing the Harvest -PA
HuntingTripsRUs.com
King and Bartlett Fish and Game Club
Knife Country USA
Knotsmith Custom Braided Lanyards
Lion Country Supply
Michael Furtman Natural Words and Photography
Michigan Outdoorsmen
   Timothy C. Flanigan, Nature Exposure
Outdoor Canada magazine
Outdoor~Links.com
Outdoors Unlimited
Park Falls, WI -- Grouse Capital of the World
Pella Products -- Bird’n Lite Upland Gear
Polaris
Responsive Management
Rifle Guard
Rush River Outfitters
Sage Creek Outfitters
shOOting pages
Shooting-Hunting.com
Shotgun Sport
Shotgun Sports Magazine
Smoky Mountain Knife Works
The Hunter’s Guide.com
The Hunting Network
The Sportsman’s Cabinet
The Upland Almanac
Timber Creek Sportsman Shop
U Score’M
Ugly Dog Hunting Company
Ultimate Hunts
Upland Journal Online Magazine
USOutdoor.com
Venison Donation Coalition - NY
Wolf’s Designs
Woolrich
World Hunting Discounts
World Wide Rendezvous

Taxes

National Timber Tax Website

Protecting Guns & Hunting

Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation & Jeff King's Grouse Quest Updates
National Rifle Association
National Shooting Sports Foundation
NSSF Bullet Points
Safari Club International
Second Amendment Foundation
STEP OUTSIDE
U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance

RGS eBay Auction Items

RGS and eBay Auction Items