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, ...

Wildlife officials currently project the 2026–2027 statewide wild quail season to follow a schedule similar to previous years, with anticipated dates running from approximately November 21, 2026, ...

Routine use of illegal ‘lures’ by visiting European hunters who love to shoot migrating birds in the Balkans is pushing some species to the brink – while weak policing allows the crime to continue ...

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 ...

Some wingshooters are wild-bird snobs. I get the appeal, since I’m lucky enough to live in a place with an abundance of sword-tailed roosters that grow armorlike feathers late in the season, skittish ...

Every winter, the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count turns birding into a regional event, with the entirety of the Western Hemisphere competing. Thousands of people and interested birders ...

North Dakota Game and Fish has put out its numbers for the 2025 hunting season, showing that upland bird harvests were down ...