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In Folder: Report Nr. 3425 Ruffed Grouse and American Woodcock Status in Michigan, 2004

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Title: Ruffed Grouse and American Woodcock Status in Michigan, 2004

Title: Wildlife Division Report No. 3425

Collection Number: RG 2019-30

Scope and Content: Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) and American woodcock (Scolopax minor) are popular forest game birds that are pursued by about 103,000 Michigan hunters annually. Hunters spend an average of seven to eight days hunting grouse and woodcock each year, adding up to almost a million days of recreation in Michigan annually. The number of ruffed grouse flushed per hour by cooperators in 2003 (1.63) increased 13.2% statewide compared to flush rates from 2002 (1.44); an estimated 358,000 grouse were harvested in Michigan during 2003. The number of woodcock flushed per hour by cooperators in 2003 (1.51) increased 8.6% statewide compared to flush rates from 2002 (1.39). Approximately 43,000 hunters harvested about 139,000 woodcock while spending 301,000 days afield in 2003.

Division: Wildlife Division

Agency: Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Surveyor: Valerie R. Frawley, Thomas E. Oliver, and C. Alan Stewart

Language: english

Type of Resource: text

Genre: reports

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: American woodcock

Subject: ruffed grouse

Subject: animal populations

Subject: harvest surveys

Subject: birds