DULUTH — The number of male ruffed grouse heard drumming in April and May as part of their spring mating ritual was up again this year in the Northland, signaling a continued higher population, but a ...

DULUTH — A warm and dry summer may not have been the best thing for your scorched-brown lawn, but it was probably great news for little ruffed grouse chicks and the people who like to hunt them when ...

GRAND FORKS – It’s quite the spectacle. Every spring, male prairie grouse – prairie chickens and sharptails – gather on mating grounds called leks and put on elaborate displays in an effort to attract ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 22—The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' latest ruffed grouse counts found Minnesota's spring 2025 population is ...

Publications across the state are rife with advertisements about outdoor shows, the sportsman’s winter grasp on sanity. No Steelers in the Super Bowl so woe is us. Our big local show, known as the ...

A warm and dry summer may not have been the best thing for your scorched-brown lawn, but it was probably great news for little ruffed grouse chicks and the people who like to hunt them when they get ...

A male grouse "drums" or beats its wings on its chest to attract a mate in spring. This year's drumming count across the ruffed grouse range in Minnesota was the highest since 1972, but a wet June may ...