Report Nr. 2871 1979 Grouse and Woodcock Season and Outloook for 1980

This report contains estimates of number of hunters and harvests for the 1979 ruffed grouse and woodcock season. Hunter numbers (231,200) were up slightly, about three percent, over 1978. The grouse harvest increased 2.8 percent over 1978 with 723,910 birds harvested. The woodcock kill, in spite of a poor flush record, increased 4.1 percent with 321,830 birds taken.