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 ...

No one who is at all sensitive to criticism or who does take kindly to being disagreed with, should speak openly of his grouse dog ideas; much less permit them to become recorded in lasting print. ~ ...

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 ...

Viper, a Gordon setter owned by the Fries family, holds a point during a grouse/woodcock hunt near Floodwood earlier this month. The Fries family runs Clearcut Kennels, breeding and training Gordon ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ROUTT NATIONAL FOREST —The hefty bird burst from behind a bush in a startling eruption of wings and feathers, muted shades of gray and white briefly visible ...

I won't kid you. Hunting grouse without dogs is tough. You need to be 100% on your A game. You need to bring all of your skills to the table. But it is definitely possible, and your chances of success ...

INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn.—Boozer went on point first. The 4-year-old English setter looked stylish, his eyes locked on something his nose told him was there. Then Scout, his littermate, came in from ...

There's at least a glimmer of hope that ruffed grouse will return to the blufflands in big numbers. But to achieve that goal, we're going to have to start small, and think small. Then think big. The ...