IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA – Hunting is a lot of things, including, these days, driving around. Or what might appear to be driving around. Bill Marchel, Rolf Moen and I were doing just that Thursday, north ...

RUSHFORD NY — The Ruffed Grouse is a ground dwelling bird that is a favorite of hunters and birders alike. Masters of camouflage, this small bird is usually heard before it's seen. Males have a ...

If you didn’t know what you were listening to, you might suspect a larger creature was stirring in the brush. The explosion of feathers and wings and all thing bird both will startle you and, in a ...

There’s not a lot that’s positive to report right now when it comes to ruffed grouse. Populations of the forest-dwelling bird appear to be on the decline throughout the Northeast and Midwest, ...

I am fascinated by the diversity of mother nature. And this was abundantly clear to me the other day while I sat in a tiny chair blind, in the dark, waiting for the sun to come up and for a ruffed ...

Apr. 8—GRAND FORKS — It's quite the spectacle. Every spring, male prairie grouse — prairie chickens and sharptails — gather on mating grounds called leks and put on elaborate displays in an effort to ...

That for some people a ruffed grouse is just another bird of the forest, or perhaps dinner on a plate, while for others it is an object of mystery and adoration, is never more evident than during the ...

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 ...