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 finding lots of ...

Grouse numbers are down about seven percent from last year, which can make a challenging hunt even more difficult this season. Jake dingle/pgc photo Ruffed grouse may be the hardest game to hunt in ...

This story, “Best Grouse Hunting in America,” appeared in the Sept. 1985 issue of Outdoor Life.

Last Monday — a crisp, sunny day in all of its October glory — was a celebration of public lands and their importance to all of us who spend time outdoors. The day started by meeting up with Kristi ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – There was no warning. After 45 minutes of squeezing between, limboing under and stepping over aspen trunks and hearing only the sound of leaves crunching underfoot, the air was ...

The last two years were among the worst for grouse hunters, and this year game managers remain skeptical of recording any significant improvement. Blame it on the mysterious grouse population cycle ...

NORTH OF DULUTH -- Adolescent aspen flank a grassy trail. Most of their leaves have fallen now. Moist and decomposing, the leaves impart an aroma both sweet and sour on this early October morning.

WEAVER — Our legs tired, our spirits drooping, our shotguns resting on shoulders or in crooks of arms, we three hunters and one dog trudged back down a Whitewater Valley logging trail Sunday, ready to ...

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 ...

Grouse hunters — who hope for good weather for the opener of the season this Saturday — have forever been looked upon as the elite among small game hunters. And why not? Most consider grouse as the ...