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 news ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 11—CLOQUET — The lack of heavy rains, late-season cold snaps, or serious droughts in Carlton County this year could result in ...

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 ...

SOMEWHERE UP NORTH, Minn. — Like so many big things, it started small, this fall tradition, a father and son from the Twin Cities area venturing to a friend’s place “Up North” to try their luck at ...

CO Troy Fondie (Orr) reports the warm weather yielded little in the way of success for grouse hunters. CO Aaron Larson (Tower) reports waterfowl hunters seemed to be having little success over the ...

Minnesotans chasing a cavalcade of seasonal colors often parade at this time of year from the Twin Cities to Duluth and from there farther north along the Lake Superior shoreline. Alternatively they ...