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Ruffed Grouse

    September 9, 2018
    A male ruffed grouse stands alert on his drumming log in May 2017 in Beltrami Island State Forest. Drumming counts were down 29 percent from last year but slightly higher than 2016. Minnesota's 2018 ruffed grouse and sharptail seasons open Saturday, Sept. 15. Brad Dokken / Forum News Service
    Minnesota ruffed grouse outlook tough to predict
    EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. — After last year, Ted Dick could be excused for being gun shy about making predictions on ruffed grouse hunting...
    sports/outdoorsSeptember 9, 2018 - 6:01am
    December 13, 2017
    Second-year student Cameron Fleischer combs through a stack of Gullion notecards, entering their data into a specialized MySQL database created to record and archive this information. Gabriel Lagarde / Forum News Service
    Reclaiming the future for ruffed grouse
    BRAINERD, Minn. — Students at Central Lakes College are hunkering down for the long haul to reclaim the life's work of Gordon Gullion —...
    news/science-and-natureDecember 13, 2017 - 7:04am
    October 22, 2017
    Ruffed grouse drumming counts were up 57 percent this past spring in Minnesota, but the hoped-for increase in production didn't happen in most areas. Brad Dokken / Forum News Service
    BRAD DOKKEN: Biologist can't explain poor grouse hunting in Minnesota
    Something funny is going on with Minnesota ruffed grouse hunting this fall, and even the experts are at a loss to fully explain it. A whopping...
    sportsOctober 22, 2017 - 6:33am
    September 10, 2017
    A ruffed grouse surveys its surroundings May 1, 2017, near Norris Camp, headquarters of Red Lake Wildlife Management Area in northwest Minnesota. Spring drumming counts of ruffed grouse were up 57 percent from last year, which bodes well for hunting prospects. Minnesota's grouse season opens Saturday, Sept. 16. (Photo/ Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald)
    Numbers point to favorable ruffed grouse season in Minn.
    By the numbers, at least, ruffed grouse hunters in Minnesota should be in for one of their best seasons in years. Spring drumming counts in the...
    sports/outdoorsSeptember 10, 2017 - 11:34am
    May 7, 2017
    A picture of concealment, a woodcock hen sits on her nest April 23, 2016 in Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge. Male woodcock perform a spectacular sky dancing display during courtship. Brad Dokken / Forum News Service
    DOKKEN: Sky dancers one day, drummers the next
    ROOSEVELT, Minn. — I'd come to Norris Camp, headquarters of Red Lake Wildlife Management Area, to spend a few hours in a ruffed grouse...
    sportsMay 7, 2017 - 6:30am
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