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.

Be ready to walk. Ruffed grouse hunting seasons open Saturday in both Minnesota and Wisconsin, and grouse numbers are expected to be down significantly from last year in both states. Minnesota's ...

In a banner season for ruffs, with an old dog out in front, Bayfield County forester Mike Amman shows what makes great grouse ground. Mike Amman and his Weimaraner pointer, Sigg, work their way ...

If you live in Minnesota and want to hunt upland birds, count your blessings. Minnesota's grouse hunting opportunities are among the best in the nation. It's often said that Minnesota is to grouse ...

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 ...

Typically, hunting proposals travel a path from acceptance to implementation that is smooth, straight and unencumbered. This year’s trail comes with a twist. Hunting proposals for 2023-24 put forth by ...

It is true that few sporting endeavors are more physically challenging than busting through thick stands of aspen, oak, ash and gray dogwood, while following a good dog in search of ruffed grouse.

I've relished –; often with envy –; the stories of 20, 30 and 40-flush days that were the norm in the '60s, '70s and into the early '80s, rather than the exception that they are now. Since about 1985, ...

That for some people a ruffed grouse is just another bird of the forest, or perhaps dinner on a plate, while for others it is an object of mystery and adoration, is never more evident than during the ...