NORTHWEST OF ISLAND LAKE - Phil Johnson had shot the woodcock over his young Brittany's point, and he had seen the bird go down in the popples up ahead. This was several years ago, when Sophie, the ...

NORTHWEST OF ISLAND LAKE, Minn. - Phil Johnson had shot the woodcock over his young Brittany's point, and he had seen the bird go down in the popples up ahead. This was several years ago, when Sophie, ...

Sunday will find the steamy, buggy upland forest in full, dense foliage, ruffed grouse generally still clustered in far-flung family groups and woodcock numbers weeks away from being augmented by ...

Ruffed grouse offer hunters some fast action in the late season. The explosive flyers can be found in thick briar tangles and areas that have been heavily timbered. Fields aren’t the only places that ...