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. "I'm predicting ...

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

Jul. 26—Trying to predict ruffed grouse hunting prospects is an inexact science at best, but based on drumming counts, at least, Minnesota's breeding population was down from last year. In a news ...

Perhaps even more than drumming counts, weather conditions during the breeding season in late May and early June drive ruffed grouse numbers. Heavy rains can be devastating for chick survival.

ST. PAUL – Hunting pheasants, ruffed grouse, squirrels or rabbits offers Minnesota hunters opportunities to continue enjoying the outdoors as temperatures fall and snow blankets the landscape, the ...

Like a lot of wildlife, grouse prefer the edges of different habitats, such as a timber clearcut next to a mature forest.