ExploreCincy Boat Show at Sharonville Convention Center continues this week Some of my favorite annual outings used to be the tail end of Ohio’s October-to-February Ruffed Grouse season.

And this was abundantly clear to me the other day while I sat in a tiny chair blind, in the dark, waiting for the sun to come up and for a ruffed grouse to enter the habitat that lay before me.

Minnesota’s ruffed grouse spring drumming counts were lower than last year across most of the bird’s range, according to a survey conducted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).