Grouse and the cover they live in shape grouse guns. Heavy brush demands a light, compact gun that can be carried in one hand while the other fends off branches. Limited visibility dictates open ...

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 ...

Q: My grandfather left me a single-shot .410 pistol with a 14-inch barrel. Is this a legal pistol and can it be used for grouse hunting? A: Yes, a .410 pistol or shotgun is a popular caliber of ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. On my first day ever hunting for grouse, or anything for that matter, I focused on not shooting ...

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 ...

Finally we are having a grouse hunting season like I remember it being when I was a kid. Last weekend I traveled north to check out the deer stands and do a little bird hunting. I heard the grouse ...

The ruffed grouse season opens Saturday. It will be difficult to see birds flush with all of the leaves on the trees and the dense underbrush. Despite the drought, the skeeters might be bad. Deer ...

Picture yourself walking on a trail through stands of young aspen trees with blazing yellow leaves overhead. The fall air is crisp. Shotgun in hand, you’re enjoying a hike while hunting grouse – ...

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 ...

NORTH OF DULUTH -- Maria Jacenko is a rare commodity. At a time when the number of ruffed grouse hunters is declining in Minnesota, Jacenko is just plunging into the popples. Duluth's Jacenko, 45, ...

HERBSTER, Wis. — The first thing you notice about Mike Amman’s new grouse hunting gun is that it doesn’t look anything like a grouse hunting gun. Far from a fancy Italian double-barrel with fine wood ...