Jul. 26—Trying to predict ruffed grouse hunting prospects is an inexact science at best, but based on drumming counts, at least, Minnesota's breeding population was down from last year. In a ...

Trying to predict ruffed grouse hunting prospects is an inexact science at best, but based on drumming counts, at least, Minnesota’s breeding population was down from last year.

For more about grouse hunting or managing habitat for ruffed grouse in Wisconsin, visit the DNR's Ruffed Grouse Hunting webpage. That’s it for this week, so have fun in the great outdoors.

As you wander through the forests of the northern US states and southern Canada, you may have heard a strange drumming noise. This sound is made by the ruffed grouse, a dappled gray and reddish ...

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 statewide, ...

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 ...

With ruffed grouse populations showing minimal change across Minnesota, hunters can expect to have a relatively decent season ...

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has issued an Air Quality Alert for Northern Maine Tuesday due to elevated levels of particle pollution due to wildfire smoke from Canada.