Ruffed Grouse Trucker Cap
Ruffed Grouse Trucker Cap
Size & fit
One size fits most, with an adjustable plastic snapback. Structured six-panel, mid profile, pre-curved visor; mesh back.
Bonasa umbellus, the ruffed grouse's name today, stitched across the front. No picture and no slogan: the people who know it will read it.
The cap
- The species' scientific name today, embroidered in white on the front, genus over species, set in EB Garamond italic.
- Richardson 112 trucker: 60% cotton, 40% polyester front with a 100% polyester mesh back.
- Spot clean; don't put it in the dryer.
Shipping & production
Each one is made for you after you order, usually within 2–5 business days. Shipping is shown at checkout before you pay; items from different makers may arrive in separate boxes.
Returns
If your cap arrives damaged, misprinted or defective, contact us within 30 days of delivery with a photo and we'll send a replacement or a refund. Because every cap is made to order, we can't accept returns for a change of mind.
Field notes
In winter it grows snowshoes on its toes and sleeps under the snow.
Ridgway painted the cock in full display, ruff flared and tail fanned: the pose of a bird about to drum. Drumming is a sound you feel as much as hear in a spring woods: a slow thump, thump, then faster into a roll. The male braces on a log and beats his wings so fast that air rushes into the vacuum they leave.
Winter is where the grouse gets clever. In fall it grows pectinations, comb-like fringes along each toe: snowshoes that spread its weight across soft snow and grip icy branches. When the snow is deep enough, it dives straight into a drift and roosts underneath, in a pocket warmer than the open air.
Partridge in New England, pheasant in the southern mountains, drummer to anyone who's heard one. The 1896 report listed them all.