T his recipe from the late Bob Schranck, a longtime Twin Cities outdoors writer, sportsman and cooking aficionado, appeared in the cookbook, “America’s Favorite Wild Game Recipes.” It has been a ...

Ask any deer camp old-timer for a foolproof recipe, and you’re likely to encounter a lot of Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup. There is a reason for that: Mushrooms plus cream plus game meat adds up ...

If you live in Minnesota and want to hunt upland birds, count your blessings. Minnesota's grouse hunting opportunities are among the best in the nation. It's often said that Minnesota is to grouse ...

Apr. 8—GRAND FORKS — It's quite the spectacle. Every spring, male prairie grouse — prairie chickens and sharptails — gather on mating grounds called leks and put on elaborate displays in an effort to ...

BAXTER, MINN. - Last Wednesday evening about 40 people kicked the snow off their boots and shuffled into the Northland Arboretum to attend a program about Minnesota's grouse. Despite an overnight ...

As the morning sun glints through the trees on New Year’s Day, I bundle up, grab my binoculars and take to the road just as the birds are beginning to sing. Little brown jobs flit from shrub to bush ...

VANDERBILT, MI – Deep in the northern Michigan forests lives a legendary bird treasured by birders and prized by hunters – the famous “thunder chicken.” That’s the nickname for ruffed grouse, a game ...