Grouse Hunting

Grouse Hunting in Lake of the Woods

09/13/14 - 01/04/15 Ruffed and Spruce Grouse, Hungarian Partridge season
09/13/14 - 11/30/14 Sharptailed Grouse season




Lake of the Woods has hundreds of acres of public land and walking trails to use during small game and grouse seasons during fall months. Wildlife Management Areas, hunter walking trails, state forests are great places to do some walking or driving hunting, usually afternoon hours are better.

Hunter walking trails are usually placed in WMA's and can be connected to forested areas or farmland. These trails, most of them with signs, provide comparatively easy access to areas where small game such as grouse and woodcock may abound. Many of the trails are gated, helping to prevent OHV access. Some have parking lots, while others simply have places to just pull off the road. Enhancements on the trails vary. Some feature clover planted along the trail, others have forest openings that tend to attract wildlife and some are mowed annually. Many of the trails follow the courses of old logging roads.Forests change over time as the succession of forest growth progresses. Because of this natural cycle, the forest along the trails and the wildlife that inhabit the area change with time.