So it was that a tradition was born. Just like the traditions that take place at so many hunting camps everywhere.

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.

Here is the weekly report from Department of Natural Resources conservation officers in northwest Minnesota and adjacent areas of northern Minnesota for the week of Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. CO Ben Huener ...

When my bird dog and I got lost in the big woods, an old man helped us find our way again, and we helped him find his.

The first leg of this October celebration brought us to a couple of Hunter Walking Trails in Beltrami Island State Forest to try to flush up a ruffed grouse or two.

A new chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society hopes to put attention on grouse and habitat improvement in the Driftless area.

A $1.2 million conservation easement to protect sage grouse habitat on 4,417 acres of the Lehfeldt property north of Lavina was unanimously approved on Monday, but not before the Montana Sage Grouse ...

Elk hunting is commonly perceived as a backcountry scenario where the hunter and elk are engaged in a one-on-one affair, and the only sounds to be heard are wild noises of the forest. If you believe ...

LINN COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - As hunting season ramps up, DNR Conservation Officer Travis Graves said safety should be every hunter’s priority when heading out on a hunt. Graves said one of the biggest ...

This story, “Elk Hunting with the Crowds” was originally published in the October 1984 issue of Outdoor Life. Elk hunting is commonly perceived as a backcountry scenario where the hunter and elk are ...

Statistics from the National Shooting Sports Foundation show that hunting with firearms is actually one of the safest recreational activities in the country. That’s not to say that accidents can’t ...

The grouse hunting season is off to a slower start this year throughout the Superior National Forest and the northeastern ...