IF in an effort to revitalize your sagging carcass you have tried jogging and found it tedious, you could turn to ruffed grouse hunting.

He goes ruffed grouse hunting in South Dakota.

But Canada goose and ruffed grouse hunting is under way and the seasons for other species are about to begin in some areas of New York State.

Sports bloody sports fill the small stage, as the characters lead us through grouse hunting, track and field, horseracing and tennis, all of which end in disaster.

But even as the conditions for grouse hunting are becoming superb, waterfowling, and deer hunting as well, begins in some areas.

He was dressed as if for an afternoon's grouse hunting, with lace-up calf-high boots, khakis, and a Norfolk jacket in an understated tweed.

In the early 20th century, park administrators introduced heather to the park, for grouse hunting.

And while grouse hunting in the fall I have come across spawning brown trout that were bigger still.

The Long Island grouse season starts Thursday and runs through Dec. 31; elsewhere in the state, grouse hunting is under way and extends through February.

At that point I rose from my fly-tying desk to check out the over-and-under .20-gauge shotgun that I use for grouse hunting.