It's not unusual for some people up there — especially old-timers — to take liberties with the species' actual names: "partridge" for ruffed grouse and "chicken" or "prairie chicken" for sharp ...

But I digress. … My cousin, who spent his career in automotive sales, is a pretty persuasive guy, but his buddy wasn’t buying the “chicken”-“partridge” claim. That’s where I got ...

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 ...

My recent column about a good-natured disagreement over ruffed grouse and sharp-tailed grouse names struck a chord with a handful of readers and made for some fun discourse. In case you missed the ...