Duluth News Tribune

Pointing dog enthusiasts take ruffed grouse hunting to the next level

SOUTH OF BALL CLUB - In the woods of the Chippewa National Forest, with the late morning sun shining through mostly leafless trees, a beam of light enveloped an English setter named Tyler that was ...
Duluth News Tribune

Mentored grouse hunts accelerate learning curve for new hunters

GORDON -- Thirteen-year-old Connor Pennings advanced cautiously through the head-high alders and hazel brush, his 20-gauge shotgun at the ready. He knew that at any moment, a ruffed grouse might roar ...
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Out of the classroom, into the field

GORDON, Wis. - Thirteen-year-old Connor Pennings advanced cautiously through the head-high alders and hazel brush, his 20-gauge shotgun at the ready. He knew that at any moment, a ruffed grouse might ...
The Baltimore Sun

Hunting grouse and woodcock with a pointer is a real pleasure

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — We were driving into the rising sun, humming along an Itasca County back road toward a patch of young aspens Tom Engel knew about. He figured some grouse and woodcock lived there ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Smith: National hunt takes pulse of ruffed grouse, woodcock populations

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. - To say a 10-year-old stand of aspen is thick is an understatement. At the moment, our hunting group was painstakingly picking through a popple growth that was a virtual wall with ...