Veteran upland bird gunners would pose that the difference between grouse and partridge, for the most part, depends on your ...

Ruffed grouse hunting grew up in 19th century New England, so naturally it can be a bit of a prude. So genteel in certain circles, so neatly wrapped in tradition and style, it must seem to some ...

Sep. 11—CLOQUET — The lack of heavy rains, late-season cold snaps, or serious droughts in Carlton County this year could result in a healthy grouse hunting season, which opens on Saturday, Sept. 13.

CO Jamus Veit (Bemidji #1) spent the week checking grouse, squirrel, and archery deer hunters. He conducted a wolf-depredation investigation, handled a nuisance-bear complaint, attended training, and ...

Oct. 25—SOMEWHERE UP NORTH, Minn. — Like so many big things, it started small, this fall tradition, a father and son from the Twin Cities area venturing to a friend's place "Up North" to try their ...

In a banner season for ruffs, with an old dog out in front, Bayfield County forester Mike Amman shows what makes great grouse ground. Mike Amman and his Weimaraner pointer, Sigg, work their way ...

The season for hunting grouse began mid-month for those still willing to look for one. There exists a suggestion implicit in the small and vanishing population that grouse, male and female, have been ...

CO (Conservation Officer) Brice Vollbrecht (Bemidji #1) monitored waterfowl- and grouse-hunting activity. Time was spent checking anglers on area lakes and patrolling ATV trails. CO Jake Swedberg ...

The season of long walks with a shotgun is upon us. Washington’s forest grouse hunting season begins Sunday, drawing hunters into the woods with dreams of wingbeats. Some hunters view their September ...

I did the mental math on the drive home. If you’re hunting grouse in Michigan before leaf drop, it takes 25 flushes to kill a grouse.

Minnesota’s ruffed grouse hunting — widely considered the best in the nation — appears to be holding up this fall despite signs of natural population decline for the state’s most popular game bird.