Two weeks into ruffed grouse season, many hunters are already proclaiming it a banner year. Some hunters are finding mixed success depending on where they're hunting, but many are finding lots of ...

The best kind of hiking season is about to start. Washington's forest grouse season opens Monday, and hunters and their dogs will be headed to their favorite honey holes in the woods with dreams of ...

The ruffed grouse season opens Saturday. It will be difficult to see birds flush with all of the leaves on the trees and the dense underbrush. Despite the drought, the skeeters might be bad. Deer ...

For many people, the essence of autumn is grouse hunting along a brush-covered hillside or walking down an old logging road through the woods behind a good bird dog. It is the sights and sounds ...

The ruffed grouse season opens in mid-September and does not end until sunset on New Year’s Eve, but few hunters pursue grouse in November and December. In fact, during the 30-plus years I have hunted ...

Upland bird hunters are a unique group of individuals. They’re well known for being very picky about which gauge to use, or which shot size is best for certain hunts, and they can be especially ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – There was no warning. After 45 minutes of squeezing between, limboing under and stepping over aspen trunks and hearing only the sound of leaves crunching underfoot, the air was ...

The last two years were among the worst for grouse hunters, and this year game managers remain skeptical of recording any significant improvement. Blame it on the mysterious grouse population cycle ...

Minnesota's ruffed grouse season continues through Jan. 1. With relatively mild weather and not much snow cover, it would be a good time to get out for a late-season hunt. Remember, though, ...

Grouse hunters are a notoriously opinionated bunch. Put more than two of them in the same room and sure as sunrise they’ll find something to disagree about. More likely, they’ll find lots to disagree ...