Trying to predict ruffed grouse hunting prospects is a tricky business, at best, because the forest birds aren't readily ...

The ruffed grouse and spruce grouse hunting season begins on Sept. 13, and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has ...

The number of small game hunters in Minnesota in 2024 decreased slightly from 2023 and was 5% below the 10-year average.

ST. PAUL — Hunting pheasants, ruffed grouse, squirrels or rabbits offers opportunities to enjoy the Minnesota outdoors as temperatures fall and snow blankets the landscape, the Department of Natural ...

This weekend marks the Minnesota small game opener, with ruffed grouse headlining the event as always. I’m sure a lucky few will have taken to the field and gotten into some birds yesterday. Many, ...

DULUTH — It was the Friday before Minnesota’s firearms deer hunting season when the dog and I went for a walk in the grouse woods about a half hour north of town. I was mostly looking for some ...

DULUTH — The number of male ruffed grouse heard drumming in April and May as part of their spring mating ritual was up again this year in the Northland, signaling a continued higher population, but a ...

Duluth, Minn. 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 ...

Here is the weekly report from Department of Natural Resources conservation officers in northwest Minnesota and adjacent areas of northern Minnesota for Monday, Oct. 14. CO Ben Huener (Roseau) checked ...

MINNEAPOLIS — One year after Minnesota grouse hunters enjoyed a phenomenal harvest, they’re settling in for a season that they can only hope will be fair to good. “It seems like there are patches that ...