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.

A new chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society hopes to put attention on grouse and habitat improvement in the Driftless area.

The grouse hunting season is off to a slower start this year throughout the Superior National Forest and the northeastern ...

Sep. 6—Trying to predict ruffed grouse hunting prospects is a tricky business, at best, because the forest birds aren't readily visible along roadsides or open terrain most of the year. Instead, ...

CO Bobby Stringer (Thief River Falls West) reports an increase in deer movement throughout the district as the firearms ...

The Ely Echo weekly newspaper and its companion pieces - North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into ...

CO Nick Bruesewitz (Karlstad) reports checking waterfowl hunters and grouse hunters during the early week. Youth deer hunters ...

CO Tony Elwell (Cloquet) monitored archery deer and waterfowl hunting. Waterfowl activity was low. Most local birds have ...

Deer hunters often blame wolves for a lack of northern Minnesota whitetails. But wolf abundance, like deer abundance, and wolves’ predatory efficiency are entwined with forest management, a critical ...

The first leg of this October celebration brought us to a couple of Hunter Walking Trails in Beltrami Island State Forest to ...

Brainerd – Many hunters consider ruffed grouse to be the king of game birds. That means Saturday is a big day: the 2017 Minnesota hunting season on grouse commences a half-hour before sunrise. Ruffed ...