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, ...

Minnesota ruffed grouse hunters might have to content themselves with fewer birds in the vest and more time in the woods to bag those birds this fall. Grouse numbers are down across the state.

Ted Dick and Meadow Kouffeld-Hansen can tell you how to shoot more grouse and woodcock this fall. Both Dick and Kouffeld-Hansen are avid grouse and woodcock hunters, and they’re in the business of ...

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 ...

Ruffed grouse drumming counts increased 18 percent statewide this spring, according to a survey by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Counts were up 16 percent in Northeastern Minnesota ...

One year after Minnesota grouse hunters enjoyed a phenomenal harvest, they’re settling in for a season that they can only hope will be fair to good. “It seems like there are patches that are good, but ...

Sep. 7—If there's an underlying theme for Minnesota ruffed grouse hunters going into this year's season opener, it's this: Hunters should lower their expectations — and be willing to travel if the ...

Fall color begins to show, an occasional crisp morning arrives - both are telltale signs that the hunting season opener for grouse, Minnesota's most popular game bird, is right around the corner.

Hunters can help researchers in a study looking at whether hybridization between prairie chickens and sharp-tailed grouse is influencing prairie chicken populations. The long-term effects of ...

The golden years of grouse hunting in southeastern Minnesota are long gone -- and they probably won't be back. Frankly, those years were an anomaly. For at least two decades -- the '60s and '70s -- ...