Status of Grouse in Washburn County 
natural conditions. A combination of grain patches, feeding stations, 
and groves of white birch would furnish the winter food required. The 
grouse shooting in the farming sections of the county would be greatly 
improved if each farmer maintained a feeding station during the 
winter, A possible financial means of supporting these feeding 
stations would be that each farmer allow a certain number of hunters, 
depending on the number of surplus grouse, to hunt provided that 
they paid the cost of feeding the birds not only on years when the 
season is open, but on closed years. This would no doubt reduce the 
number of closed seasons. This would apply to sharp-tailed grouse 
and prairie chicken, but probably not to ruffed grouse, as it is 
very doubtful if the number of ruffed grouse can be regulated due 
to the difficulty of training it to eat artificial feeds. 
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MNB - 3/13/41