Try 11 million acres of public hunting land, 528 designated hunting areas in the ruffed grouse range covering nearly 1 million acres, more than 40 designated ruffed grouse management areas and 600 miles of hunter walking trails. By Joel Schnell for Ruffedgrouseminnesota.com What a week it’s been. Male grouse will display on drumming logs, rapidly beating their wings with the intention of attracting a female grouse. October 23, 2019 January 1, 2020 Grouse Week. Saturday marked the start of one of my favorite times of year – the ruffed grouse hunting season in Minnesota. Even just a foot of snow makes for an exhausting walk. As usual, whether or not hunters were hearing, seeing or shooting many ruffed grouse over opening week of the season depended on where they were and … My travels took me hundreds of miles across Minnesota’s grouse country. Limits: 5 per day, 10 possession in aggregate with Ruffed. Participants surveyed for spruce grouse pellets at 273 sites in 2018 and 314 sites in 2019. “The question now is, if this continues to get worse, do we need to consider other options besides just the length of the late season,” she added. This year's results come on … Ruffed grouse are one of the most popular upland game birds to hunt. Get the free Acrobat Reader to open the PDF files available above and throughout our site and the Internet. Minnesota Grouse Hunting at Anchor Inn Resort Start Your Own Grouse Hunting Tradition at Anchor Inn Resort. It started with snow and rain and ended in Indian summer. Photo: Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald By Brad Dokken of The Grand Forks Herald - September 8, 2019. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' grouse hunting information. Grouse Hunting the Frozen North. These birds are most commonly known for their distinctive "drumming" noise produced by males during the spring breeding season. RGS files require Reader 6.0 and later. Spruce grouse pellets were detected at 79 sites in 2018 (proportional use = 0.29; 95% CI: 0.24–0.34) and 87 sites in 2019 (0.28; 95% CI: 0.23–0.33). Ruffed grouse hunting. Wisconsin grouse numbers. The ruffed grouse season (along with the seasons for spruce grouse and Hungarian partridge) kicks off Saturday, Sept. 15. Ticks are inactive and temperatures are just right for running the dogs. RGS files require Reader 6.0 and later. Ultimate Upland, LLC. DNR RESPONSE TO COVID-19: For details on adjustments to DNR services, visit this webpage.For information on the state’s response, visit the Department of Health website. Limits: 3 per day, 9 possession. The forecast for Minnesota’s upcoming ruffed grouse season can be looked at in two ways: From the perspective of a glass that’s half-empty or the perspective a glass that’s half-full. Coraopolis, Pa. – The Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) and American Woodcock Society (AWS) held the 38 th Annual National Grouse and Woodcock Hunt (NGWH) on Thursday and Friday October 10 and 11, 2019 in and around Grand Rapids, Minnesota.