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 ...

Goose hunting remains open statewide through most of December; into early January in the state’s south zone. Squirrel, hare ...

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 ...

Grouse hunters — who hope for good weather for the opener of the season this Saturday — have forever been looked upon as the elite among small game hunters. And why not? Most consider grouse as the ...

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 ...

The ruffed grouse season opens in mid-September and does not end until sunset on New Year’s Eve, but few hunters pursue grouse in November and December. In fact, during the 30-plus years I have hunted ...

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 ...

Stuffing an extra handful of 20-gauge shells into my game bag before grouse hunting was a prima facie example of irrational optimism. I have only shot at a grouse twice in the past few decades and had ...

DULUTH — It was the Friday before Minnesota’s firearms deer hunting season when the dog and I went for a walk in the grouse woods about a half hour north of town. I was mostly looking for some ...

BILL: I stumble across your writings on the Internet from time to time. I recently read your column from 2006 concerning a bad outlook for grouse season. Will the same hold true this year? I am a ...

This story, “Best Grouse Hunting in America,” appeared in the Sept. 1985 issue of Outdoor Life. Bob Barbo is known as a duck hunter. His family cars have never seen the inside of the ga­rage. It is ...