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 ...

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 ...

The ruffed grouse season opens Saturday. It will be difficult to see birds flush with all of the leaves on the trees and the dense underbrush. Despite the drought, the skeeters might be bad. Deer ...

MADISON, Wis. (WKBT) — Ruffed grouse are being exposed to the West Nile Virus but are surviving and flushing the virus out of their bodies, according to a surveillance project. Blood samples collected ...

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 ...

Oh, it was fun seeing that ruffed grouse flush. Or, more accurately, hearing it flush, then seeing it up in the tree. It took a while to find it. The aspen were thick. The grouse blended in well. But ...

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.

A couple of months back, the boys and I headed up to Moraine State Park to do a little snapping turtle hunting. While we didn’t find any snappers that day, we had a great encounter with our state bird ...

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 ...