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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 ...

Pointing dog enthusiasts take ruffed grouse hunting to the next level SOUTH OF BALL CLUB, Minn. -- In the woods of the Chippewa National Forest, with the late morning sun shining through mostly ...

Related: The 10 Best Grouse Hunting Dogs. How to Shoot Ruffed Grouse (and Actually Hit Them) F&S associate editor Matt Every shows off the tail fan of a male grouse. (Photo/Dave Hurteau) ...

As an owner and breeder of a rare hunting dog breed, the Deutsch Langhaar, I get plenty of questions from fellow bird hunters who have never heard of, nor seen, the gun dogs I follow behind each fall ...

In 2020, 63,428 grouse hunters went afield in the state, a fraction over the 2019 record low of 61,608. Compare these tallies with the (modern-day) record-high number of grouse hunters — 161,624 ...

But hunting grouse behind a well-trained dog is the ultimate bird-hunting adventure, although few, except for the aforementioned elite, keep dogs for grouse hunting anymore.

But the proliferation of ATVs plays a role, as do the state's antiquated trapping regulations that result too often in grouse-hunting and other dogs being caught and killed in body-gripping traps.

If you live up here, grouse hunting is something you naturally pursue. As part of that, I took a women’s introduction to wing shooting class and learned about shooting, bird cleaning and dog care.

Ruffed grouse hunting is a paradoxical pursuit. The bird itself is small and delicate; a single pellet is said to be enough to take one down. Yet ruffies are hard to hit in the thick brush they inh… ...