Besides being a beautiful bird and delicious to eat, the pheasant has one more attribute that endears it to Minnesota hunters: the season goes well beyond the closing of duck and deer hunting. The 2011 pheasant season opens on October 15th and runs until January 1, 2012.

Minnesota has a limited population of ring necked pheasants, and most hunters have to work pretty hard to just put up a few birds. Read More of the Story…

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Most grouse hunters were happy last year. The numbers of birds was up and odds were good to see a few. The increase in numbers doesn’t mean they are any easier to fool. I was walking a woodland road that had a thick carpet of clover growing on it. It was in the last half hour of legal shooting, just when grouse come out to dine on things like clover, so all conditions were right.

The old cock grouse showed itself up on a hill when Read More of the Story…

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Ruffed grouse have always been a curiosity to me. One bird you encounter will be foolish and naïve, the next will be wily and shy as can be. These conflicting personalities can make grouse both a joy and a frustration to hunt. All the same, good grouse hunters will get their birds come opening day.

This conflict of behavior exhibited between these birds of a feather is most likely due to the age of the grouse. Read More of the Story…

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