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.

I did the mental math on the drive home. If you’re hunting grouse in Michigan before leaf drop, it takes 25 flushes to kill a grouse.

Veteran upland bird gunners would pose that the difference between grouse and partridge, for the most part, depends on your ...

Bob Barbo is known as a duck hunter. His family cars have never seen the inside of the ga­rage. It is reserved for two duck boats and vast piles of decoys. His dog is a Chesapeake and he shoots a ...

Upland bird hunters are a unique group of individuals. They’re well known for being very picky about which gauge to use, or which shot size is best for certain hunts, and they can be especially ...

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

When my bird dog and I got lost in the big woods, an old man helped us find our way again, and we helped him find his.

The bear hunting season in Minnesota wrapped up with a dip in harvest numbers, while young hunters enjoyed success during the ...

So it was that a tradition was born. Just like the traditions that take place at so many hunting camps everywhere.

For the first time in seven years, Wisconsin may host a sharp-tailed grouse hunting season this fall. The committee, made up of DNR staff and a variety of stakeholders, including members of the ...

CO Jamus Veit (Bemidji #1) spent the week checking grouse, squirrel, and archery deer hunters. He conducted a wolf-depredation investigation, handled a nuisance-bear complaint, attended training, and ...