Originally Posted By: Harry Sanders
Thought this was about Ruffed Grouse. I may have missed it amongst all the I'll mannered banter, but science in my state and many others is looking at West Nile Virus as the root cause of the decline.

A controlled study showed a 1 in 10 survival of chicks inoculated. The survivors showed organ abnormalities in post study necropsies.


Harry, I'm with you. I'd like to know more about the roughed grouse issue. Unless there has been a big uptick in goshawks, I'm doubting predators. The West Nile thing is pretty interesting to me. What state are you in, and can you point a finger towards that study?


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