Grouse Population Figures 
In 1928 fifty-six prairie chickens fed on standing corn in 
Worden township during the winter. During the summer none were seen. 
In 19   none were seen by the farmers. In 1930 a flock of 40 or 50 
returned and fed on corn one-half mile north of the 1928 cornfield. In 
the spring of 1931 those prairie ohickens established a crowing ground 
for the first time. No nests were found and It Is possible that all 
of these birds were males. See figure 4. 
Recomedains 
Due to fires in 1930 and 1931 the prairie chicken and sharp-tailed 
grouse populations have been reduced or have remained stationary. In 
Wood county an open season would result In serious overshooting due to 
the reduction of cover by the peat fires of 1930. In the other counties 
the population per square mile is less and the cover is less extensive. 
Areas of open land in Ashland and Washburn counties which should 
make good sharp-tailed grouse cover are still uninhabited by this grouse.

The prairie chicken has not yet returned to the areas which it 
inhabited In 1920. (See Washburn county). 
Partridge were numerous In the areas studied In Ashland, Rusk, 
and Washburn counties and most observers report the partridge to be 
abundant. The        r of Johaon's stare at Web lake, Burnett county, 
wanted a closed season on partridge as well as sharp-tailed grouse, 
but all others were in favor of open partridge season. 
The total area of ruffed grouse (partridge) cover in the northern 
counties is extensive enough to prevent overshooting in all except a 
few localities, but before it is decided to open the season on partridge,

It should be taken into consideration that much of the partridge cover 
was burned over in 1930 and 1931. 
Copied 11/17/31 
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