Ruffed Grouse Known as the “king of game birds” by many Eastern hunters, the solitary spring display of the Ruffed grouse may indeed appear a bit more regal than the dancing and brawling of its lekking prairie cousins. Ruffed grouse are found throughout the forested parts of the northern US and Canada, including western Montana, and the sound of one drumming may be familiar to anyone who spends time in the woods each spring. A male ruffed grouse has two parts to his breeding season performance,