With a snowfall of 35.4 inches, December 2007 was one of the snowiest Decembers on record for Duluth. In fact, December set the record for the second highest amount of snow in the last 30 years. (No.

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.

The Minnesota DNR's spring drumming counts showed a statewide increase in drums-per-stop from 1.3 in 2021, to 1.9 in 2022. The increase was unexpected because grouse are in the dwindling stage of the ...

BAXTER, MINN. - Last Wednesday evening about 40 people kicked the snow off their boots and shuffled into the Northland Arboretum to attend a program about Minnesota's grouse. Despite an overnight ...

Jul. 22—The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' latest ruffed grouse counts found Minnesota's spring 2025 population is lower statewide than last year. Ruffed grouse drums per stop were 1.8 ...

ST. PAUL – Minnesota’s ruffed grouse spring population counts are up from last year, which was not expected during the current declining phase of the 10-year cycle – a pattern recorded for 72 years.

Question: I was walking in the woods recently, and I was startled by a bird taking off next to me. Was this a grouse or even a pheasant? Answer: If it was in the woods of central and northern ...

Ruffed grouse populations in Wisconsin have dropped slightly again this spring as the population heads for the bottom of its boom-to-bust cycle. Wisconsin's roadside grouse survey showed a 1 percent ...

"It's tough to beat a 57 percent increase," said Ted Dick, forest game bird coordinator for the Department of Natural Resources in Grand Rapids, Minn. "Pretty much across the board in main grouse ...

In early February, Wildwoods posted an announcement on its Facebook page about the successful rehabilitation of the ruffed grouse pictured here. "Several days ago, one of our great local conservation ...

Ruffed grouse hunting grew up in 19th century New England, so naturally it can be a bit of a prude. So genteel in certain circles, so neatly wrapped in tradition and style, it must seem to some ...