By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – Hunters in the state should kill an average of 650,000 ruffed grouse per year, no matter where grouse are at in their 10-year cycle, according to a draft version of the DNR’s Long-Range Management Plan for Ruffed Grouse in Minnesota. The annual harvest currently is at about […]
DNR aims for increased harvest of ruffed grouse
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