Jason Dinsmore and Brandon Butler hold public land ruffed grouse shot near Lake of the Woods in Minnesota.
Minnesota is the number one ruffed grouse producing state in America, and it's not a bad place to fish either. In a state of plenty, the Lake of the Woods Region is arguably the best bet for a cast and blast. There is so much public land to hunt, and so many square miles of water, you'll never run out of places to chase birds and catch fish.
Lake of the Woods is located in the northern reaches of Minnesota and stretches into Canada, ranging into both Ontario and Manitoba. It's the sixth largest fresh water lake in the United States behind the five Great Lakes. It is over 70 miles long and 70 miles wide. The lake has 65,000 miles of shoreline and over 14,500 islands. The area around the lake abounds with public land rich with game, especially grouse.
"Grouse prefer early successional young forest habitat and Minnesota has more of that than Michigan and Wisconsin combined, so there...
