doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Declining ruffed grouse population studies?

here is a typical study report...

https://www.kinseysoutdoors.com/ruffed-grouse-decline-and-their-future-in-the-keystone-state/

problem is blamed on the usual:

-weather
-habitat
-disease

all factors which have no practical solution...how convenient for the self serving taxpayer funded state game managers...

have read a lot of these taxpayer funded studies...none of them address the real problem, which is predation...

put bounties on coyotes, turkeys and owls...then observe an increase in grouse numbers...and bunny rabbits...