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On The Wing Podcast Ep. 282: Previewing the Grouse & Woodcock Hunting Season with Ruffed Grouse Society, is live. Listen now at the link below, or wherever you get your podcasts. https://quailforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Quail-Forever/Podcast-Ep-282-Previewing-the-Grouse-Woodcock-Hunting-Season-with-Ruffed-Grouse-Society.aspx Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Jon Steigerwaldt, the Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society’s forest conservation director for the upper Midwest, to preview the 2024 ruffed grouse hunting season. Jon describes the ideal habitat for ruffed grouse and woodcock, and offers plenty of tips to find more birds this season. The guys also discuss new projects in Michigan, Indiana, and Pennsylvania getting underway because of the recent memorandum of understanding (MOU) between PF & QF and RGS & AWS. Episode Highlights: - Steigerwaldt talks about the science behind ruffed grouse drumming counts and what they indicate about bird survival through the winter, but what drumming counts don’t tell biologists about the population heading into autumn hunting seasons. - Steigerwaldt also talks about the 10-year ruffed grouse population cycle and how climate change is influencing swings up and down. Learn more about the Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society and check out their current membership offer at RuffedGrouseSociety.org. Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society

Join or renew with Quail Forever as an Affiliate or Covey Club member and have confidence your contributions are making a difference on the ground for wildlife and our upland hunting heritage. Your Quail Forever membership is critical to ensuring a future filled with healthy habitat and abundant wild bird populations. Take advantage of this special membership offer and receive a QF Shotgun Cleaning Kit by joining or renewing your membership today. https://www.quailforever.org/fall24

2024 Youth Upland Seasons Imagine walking through a beautiful field of golden grasses with your dog when suddenly a flurry of wings explodes in front of you! Youth pheasant and quail hunting seasons are perfect opportunities for experiences just like this! These special seasons are designed just for young hunters and often offer a chance to get in the field before general hunting seasons open. These special seasons are a great opportunity to learn and enjoy upland hunting in a fun and educational way. Check out the link below for a comprehensive list of youth upland hunting seasons across the country. Check your state’s hunting regulations for more information. https://quailforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Quail-Forever/2024-Youth-Upland-Seasons.aspx

Thanks to the #GreatAmericanOutdoorsAct, this week Quail Forever is celebrating 60 years of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and a guaranteed $900M annually for conservation! Dedicated funding for the outdoors such as this is crucial to drive the mission of our organization forward. #lwcf60 #outdoorrecreation https://quailforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Quail-Forever/Celebrating-60-Years-of-the-Land-and-Water-Conservation-Fund.aspx

On The Wing Podcast Ep. 281: The Prairie Grouse Primer, Hunting Tips, and Game of Battleship, is live. Listen now at the link below, or wherever you get your podcasts. https://quailforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Quail-Forever/Podcast-Ep-281-The-Prairie-Grouse-Forecast,-Hunting-Tips,-and-a-Game-of-Battleship.aspx Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Pheasants Forever Editor Tom Carpenter and Quail Forever Editor Ryan Sparks for a conversation with professional dog trainer Clyde Vetter, who also happens to be husband to PF & QF President and Chief Executive Officer Marilyn Vetter. Each member of this conversation also considers themselves prairie grouse hunting junkies, so they provide a forecast for the 2024 sharp-tailed grouse and greater prairie chicken hunting season and weave their hunting tips into a game of Prairie Grouse Battleship. Episode Highlights: - The group plays four rounds of “Prairie Grouse Battleship” in which each participant provides a fresh hunting tip for sharpies and/or chickens in hopes of scoring points for tips the other competitors don’t have on their lists. - This episode marks the introduction of the brand new “Premium Moments in the Field” stories from Grain Belt Beer Premium, “The Pheasant Friendly Beer.” - Check out the state-by-state prairie grouse hunting forecast at PheasantsForever.org/Primer presented by Sportsman's Guide.