Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 6—Trying to predict ruffed grouse hunting prospects is a tricky business, at best, because the forest birds aren't readily ...

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 ...

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 ...

SOMEWHERE UP NORTH, Minn. — Like so many big things, it started small, this fall tradition, a father and son from the Twin Cities area venturing to a friend’s place “Up North” to try their luck at ...

Minnesotans chasing a cavalcade of seasonal colors often parade at this time of year from the Twin Cities to Duluth and from there farther north along the Lake Superior shoreline. Alternatively they ...

If you're a wildlife biologist who gets put on the spot to make hunting predictions every year about this time, you could do worse than be in Mike Larson's shoes this fall. Wildlife research biologist ...

CO Troy Fondie (Orr) reports duck hunting appeared nonexistent as sunny skies and heat settled in. Grouse-hunting success remains light. Mosquitoes remain persistent. Fire danger is back due to lack ...

Nov. 8—ST. PAUL — With hundreds of thousands of hunters taking to Minnesota's fields and forests for the 2025 firearms deer season, the Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that safe hunts ...

CO Troy Fondie (Orr) reports small-game hunting was a nonevent as little activity — and even fewer birds — was observed. Multiple duck hunters commented about the lack of ducks. CO Sean Cannon (Cook) ...

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, managers ...