Bob Barbo is known as a duck hunter. His family cars have never seen the inside of the ga­rage. It is reserved for two duck boats and vast piles of decoys. His dog is a Chesapeake and he shoots a ...

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 ...

In a banner season for ruffs, with an old dog out in front, Bayfield County forester Mike Amman shows what makes great grouse ground. Mike Amman and his Weimaraner pointer, Sigg, work their way ...

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 ...

FLOODWOOD TOWNSHIP — This is what the Fries family looks forward to all year. Not 100 yards out from where we parked the trucks, Viper, their diminutive female Gordon Setter, was already locked on ...

The annual grouse hunting season opened on Tuesday. One of the first bird hunting seasons of the fall, grouse can be very challenging birds to hunt. Or, they can be incredibly easy. It just depends on ...

Grouse season opened Sept. 15, but if you are serious about grouse hunting, then you know that October is the month. In September, there is too much foilage for good hunting. Grouse are tough enough ...

Hunters in Wisconsin registered five sharp-tailed grouse in fall 2025, the state's first hunting season for the species in seven years. After four consecutive years of population increases, the DNR ...

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 ...

GRAND FORKS – Trail cameras do a remarkable job of revealing the natural world, and I wish I’d had one set up at the site of a ruffed grouse kill last weekend. It was early Saturday afternoon, Oct. 29 ...