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 ...

Last year's Minnesota ruffed grouse season admittedly fell short of expectations, despite high spring drumming counts that indicated peak numbers. Grouse populations now appear to be on the downswing, ...

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 ...

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 release, the ...

MINNEAPOLIS — 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 ...

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 ...

The ruffed grouse season opens in mid-September and does not end until sunset on New Year’s Eve, but few hunters pursue grouse in November and December. In fact, during the 30-plus years I have hunted ...

Grouse season opened Sept. 15, but if you are serious about grouse hunting, then you know that October is the month. In September, there is too much foilage for good hunting. Grouse are tough enough ...

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 ...

Upland game bird managers in Minnesota are logging trees and mowing down brush to create better habitat for grouse and American woodcock this year in a trio of locations, including state-owned ...

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, ...

With the return of duck hunting this weekend, Minnesota's fall harvest of wild game is reaching a gallop that will intensify during next month's pheasant opener and then peak in early November with ...