SOUTH OF BALL CLUB, Minn. - 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 ...

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 ...

Grouse season opened Sept. 15, but if you are serious about grouse hunting, then you know that October is the month. In September, there is too much foilage for good hunting. Grouse are tough enough ...

According to the GFP, there were 19,000 prairie grouse hunters in South Dakota last year, a figure which has largely held ...

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 ...

Before Isaiah Osborne signed up for the military at age 17, before he went into active duty after graduating from New Ulm Cathedral High School, and before he was a crew chief on a Marine rescue ...

The blocky black head with white teeth and lolling tongue stood out from the back of the truck, and I knew instantly: Labrador. Other breed standards might have given it away, but Labs are most ...

The golden leaves of October lie crisp on the forest floor. The dog's bell rings merrily as the hunt moves from one likely piece of grouse cover to another. Suddenly, the bell stops. With high ...