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If you didn’t know what you were listening to, you might suspect a larger creature was stirring in the brush. The explosion of feathers and wings and all thing bird both will startle you and, in a ...

Minnesota’s ruffed grouse hunting — widely considered the best in the nation — appears to be holding up this fall despite signs of natural population decline for the state’s most popular game bird.

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesotans chasing a cavalcade of seasonal colors often parade at this time of year from the Twin Cities to Duluth and from there farther north along the Lake Superior shoreline.

Trying to predict ruffed grouse hunting prospects is a tricky business, at best, because the forest birds aren’t readily visible along roadsides or open terrain most of the year. Instead, managers ...