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.

Sep. 6—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, ...

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 ...

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

CO Bobby Stringer (Thief River Falls West) reports an increase in deer movement throughout the district as the firearms ...

The Ely Echo weekly newspaper and its companion pieces - North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into ...

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

Grouse hunters continue to report few opportunities, but those willing to get out and walk trails are having more success than those sticking to the gravel. CO Shane Zavodnik (Virginia) worked on ...

Minnesota’s North Woods are being sold to the state’s timber products industry, and deer and deer hunters will pay the price ...

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

Sep. 11—CLOQUET — The lack of heavy rains, late-season cold snaps, or serious droughts in Carlton County this year could result in a healthy grouse hunting season, which opens on Saturday, Sept. 13.