Flushing dogs now enjoy a large and enthusiastic following, the Continental breeds are an established force, and the Irishman and the Gordon have made heroic comebacks as grouse hunting dogs.

The Sharp-tailed Grouse Advisory Committee has recommended the DNR resume a hunting season for the species this fall. If approved, it would be the first such season since 2018.

Shorter days and wildfire smoke lingering in the air suggest the cool days of fall are just around the corner.

With the turn of the calendar page into September, the dog days of summer will soon be behind us, and the real dog days of fall can begin. With grouse openers in mid-September, primary waterfowl ...

Sep. 13—The season of long walks with a shotgun is upon us. Washington's forest grouse hunting season begins Sunday, drawing hunters into the woods with dreams of wingbeats. Some hunters view ...

Just before Christmas, more than 30 years ago, I was hunting with a couple of buddies on the brushy side of a steep national forest ridge in Giles County.

The Sharp-tailed Grouse Advisory Committee has recommended the DNR resume a hunting season for the species this fall. If approved, it would be the first such season since 2018.

The season of long walks with a shotgun is upon us. Washington’s forest grouse hunting season begins Sunday, drawing hunters into the woods with dreams of wingbeats. Some hunters view their ...