Creating Drumming Logs for Ruffed Grouse!

This video is all about ruffed grouse drumming logs! How you can make them, how grouse use them, and the role they play during the grouse breeding season.
Don't overlook these drumming logs if you're managing for ruffed grouse. They're critically important for males during the breeding season and having the right habitat around them ensures they can do their ritual safely without risk of being taken by avian predators.
Grouse are a species of concern across 18 different states and are listed as endangered in the state of Indiana, anything we can do help them and their habitat can and will make a difference!

[@bunnytoes7200]

Really good info here sir. Thank you!

[@kurtcaramanidis5705]

What a great tribute to the Ruffed Grouse.

[@DearHunterProject]

Thanks Kurt! Glad you enjoyed it my friend.

[@meandale]

Growing up, (SE Ohio), grouse would scare the crap out of me often as I ran through the woods. Same property... haven't seen or heard in my adult life. Sad.

[@DearHunterProject]

It's been a sad decline to watch happen. Even more so that it's happening on our watch. But by spreading the word, raising awareness, and implementing and improving habitat we can make a difference!

[@bunnytoes7200]

Is there not a particular direction the log needs to run? ie: north south. I think I read that in a bird field Guide decades ago.

[@NeoStoicism]

Sad to see the Ohio DNR listing the Ruffed Grouse as Common instead of affording it protected status. I saw one at our old family farm when I was a kid, but haven't seen one since. We need to protect our native species.

[@DearHunterProject]

Listing it as "protected" initially sounds like a good idea, but once we take them out of the hunting season regulations, they lose immediate value. Indiana did the same thing and within 2 years ruffed grouse were listed as endangered in the state. When wildlife has value it is protected and nothing gives the ruffed grouse more value than keeping it as a hunt able species.

[@NeoStoicism]

Thanks for the response, I hadn't thought about it that way. I just hope they stay around for a long time.