The season is here for New York State small game hunters. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) ...

For many people, the essence of autumn is grouse hunting along a brush-covered hillside or walking down an old logging road through the woods behind a good bird dog. It is the sights and sounds ...

Today is the first day of hunting season for ruffed grouse here in northern New York. For the rest of the state, it doesn’t start until Oct. 1. The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced Wednesday, Sept. 24, that small game hunting and furbearer trapping seasons for the 2025–26 license year are now open or will ...

NEW YORK — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar recently announced the opening of small game hunting seasons across New York State. Depending on ...

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. Alternatively they ...

Ruffed grouse hunting grew up in 19th century New England, so naturally it can be a bit of a prude. So genteel in certain circles, so neatly wrapped in tradition and style, it must seem to some ...

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 ...