GRAND FORKS — A common theme emerged this week when I talked with wildlife managers in North Dakota and northwest Minnesota about wildlife and how they’re faring this winter. There’s been a noticeable ...

The good, old days that upland game hunters in North Dakota enjoyed in the mid-2000s are fading into history, if results from the state's July and August roadside grouse and partridge surveys are any ...

According to RJ Gross, upland game biologist for Game and Fish, this year’s survey shows total pheasants observed per 100 miles are up 10% from last year. In addition, broods per 100 miles are up 17%, ...

Sep. 9—At the risk of jinxing it, this is shaping up to be a very good fall if you're an upland game bird hunter. Whether sharp-tailed grouse, Hungarian partridge or ruffed grouse, the outlook is ...

Jun. 12—BISMARCK — North Dakota upland game hunters shot more pheasants, sharp-tailed grouse and Hungarian partridges in 2022 than the previous year, the state Game and Fish Department reported Monday ...

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. – Hungarian partridge can startle you. The first chaotic flush might involve a covey of as many as 20 birds erupting from the prairie grass and flying fast and low in different ...

GRAND FORKS — More hunters went afield last fall in North Dakota, and they shot more pheasants, sharp-tailed grouse and Hungarian partridges than in 2019, the Game and Fish Department said this week ...

Jan. 11—A cousin who grew up in the Twin Cities but spent a lot of time in rural Roseau County of northwest Minnesota — where he still visits at every opportunity — called the other day asking me to ...

An Idaho hunter discovered an unusual bird while on a hunting trip on Oct. 7 in the Cecil D. Andrus Wildlife Management Area near Cambridge. Tim Franks, of Mountain Home, was upland bird hunting — ...