Minnesota hunters, biologists seeking answers to lackluster ruffed grouse season
Grand Rapids, Minn. — When the DNR announced last July that spring ruffed grouse drumming counts had increased 57 percent statewide, hunters were understandably giddy at the prospects of what they’d encounter in the woods during the fall. The season began slowly, which isn’t unusual when there are a lot of leaves on the trees. Then the leaves fell, but…