GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — We were driving into the rising sun, humming along an Itasca County back road toward a patch of young aspens Tom Engel knew about.He figured some grouse and woodcock lived ...

When grouse hunting’s urtext, New England Grouse Shooting, was published in 1942, author William Harnden Foster felt that only two breeds merited consideration: the pointer and the English setter.

There are times we hunt grouse with either flushers (the Labs) or pointers (the setters). What really mixes things up is when you take the two different types of dog on the same hunt. Sometimes it ...

To these avid grouse hunters, it was still a day to cherish. Every point is a memory, every grouse a trophy. It's about carrying ancient side-by-side double barrels considered functional works of art.

As you can see, the three grouse waypoints (marking flushes) are all on the transition edges of the differing habitats. By using the forest disturbance layer, our group was able to hone in on a large ...

SOUTH OF BALL CLUB -- In the woods of the Chippewa National Forest, with the late morning sun shining through mostly leafless trees, a beam of light enveloped an English setter named Tyler that ...

A grouse flushed from a Jordy point, and Connor got a shot off but missed the bird. "Even for an experienced hunter," Fouts told Connor, "it can be hard to get a shot.

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 ...

Grouse hunter Austin Fisher walks up behind Bogie on point during the 2023 Minnesota ruffed grouse hunting season. Hunters, guides and biologists agree it was the best season in years, maybe decades.

Harvesting the surplus from a grouse moor with dogs makes for one of the most exciting forms of shooting, finds Adrian Dangar Surplas: the grouse shot indicate a successful breeding season We have ...

He figured some grouse and woodcock lived there. In the bed of Engel’s pickup, curled up on some fresh hay, lay Cody, an 8-year-old German short-hair pointer. Skip to content ...