Tweaks in the Ohio hunting regulations proposed for the 2026-27 season signify responses to change both fast and slow.

Deer hunters checked more than 230,000 deer during the season that ended Feb. 1. See the changes proposed for next season.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Most Maine outdoor folks know the difference between a grouse and a ...

Bob Barbo is known as a duck hunter. His family cars have never seen the inside of the ga­rage. It is reserved for two duck boats and vast piles of decoys. His dog is a Chesapeake and he shoots a ...

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 ...

MILLINOCKET, Maine – For bird hunters the names roll right off the tongue: Rangeley, Jackman, Oxbow, Baxter, Round Mountain, Umbagog, Millincocket. They’re locations in northern Maine, a state ...

Grouse hunting in Beltrami Island State Forest and the restoration of Lake Redwood. A ruffed grouse hunt in Beltrami Island State Forest, deep in the northwoods. The forest features many miles of ...

Young forests are vital to ruffed grouse, and to a wide variety of songbirds. All of these habitats need help, and no one is more aware of that than the hunter who ventures into them. When you take up ...

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 ...

In a banner season for ruffs, with an old dog out in front, Bayfield County forester Mike Amman shows what makes great grouse ground. Mike Amman and his Weimaraner pointer, Sigg, work their way ...

This story, “Best Grouse Hunting in America,” appeared in the Sept. 1985 issue of Outdoor Life. Bob Barbo is known as a duck hunter. His family cars have never seen the inside of the ga­rage. It is ...