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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ted Dick and Meadow Kouffeld-Hansen can tell you how to shoot more grouse and woodcock this fall. Both Dick and Kouffeld-Hansen are avid grouse and woodcock hunters, and they’re in the business of ...

Grouse hunters are a notoriously opinionated bunch. Put more than two of them in the same room and sure as sunrise they’ll find something to disagree about. More likely, they’ll find lots to disagree ...

Here’s a look back at how the duck, pheasant, and ruffed grouse seasons went, based on several interviews with Minnesota DNR ...

I GUESS I should feel blessed that our foliage seems to hang on a little later than when I was a teenager. Even though I would say this year’s colors were average at best, it is still amazing eye ...

Wisconsin will host a sharp-tailed grouse hunting season this fall, the first since 2018. The decision to resume a hunt comes after four consecutive years of population increases of the ...

MINNEAPOLIS — 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 ...

MONTPELIER — Vermont's hunting season for ruffed grouse or "partridge," is Sept. 27 through Dec. 31 this year. The daily limit is four grouse with a possession limit of eight. The Vermont woodcock ...

For the first time in seven years, Wisconsin may host a sharp-tailed grouse hunting season this fall. The committee, made up of DNR staff and a variety of stakeholders, including members of the ...

For the first time in seven years, Wisconsin may host a sharp-tailed grouse hunting season this fall. At least that's the recommendation of the Department of Natural Resources' Sharp-tailed Grouse ...