Minnesota’s ruffed grouse hunting — widely considered the best in the nation — appears to be holding up this fall despite signs of natural population decline for the state’s most popular game bird.

Raccoons’ bodies are strewn along our roads and highways. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” neighbors say. “It’s like a ...

As one of the northernmost states, Maine experiences some of the harshest winters in the country. Northern Maine sees ...

After spending most of the past two weeks traveling and bird hunting in Nova Scotia and New York, the vagabond and his dogs have returned to Orange. It was a most enjoyable getaway and the dogs ...

Squirrels, rabbits, ruffed grouse and ring-necked pheasants are the four primary species of small game for Pennsylvania hunters. The squirrel season opened back in mid-September, and the rabbit and ...

The first leg of this October celebration brought us to a couple of Hunter Walking Trails in Beltrami Island State Forest to try to flush up a ruffed grouse or two.

Maine authorities are investigating after a resident claimed her Amazon order arrived containing hundreds of unmarked absentee ballots last week. The ballots, sent out ahead of November's election, ...

Maine's secretary of state has not ruled out misconduct as the probe continues. The Maine secretary of state's office is investigating after 250 blank election ballots were found in a resident's ...

Authorities in Maine are investigating a claim that hundreds of blank ballots for this year's November election were delivered to a woman as part of her Amazon order. Officials in Ellsworth, a coastal ...

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I once dated a Frenchman for his cashmere blazer—the buttery feel on my cheek, the faint caramel scent in the chilly October sun. We lasted one Parisian autumn. I was more in love with the style than ...