Ted Dick has a glass-half-full attitude. While Minnesota's spring ruffed grouse drumming counts indicate the population has fallen dramatically, Dick, an avid ruffed grouse hunter and the Department of Natural Resources grouse coordinator, said that news last week won't affect him and other diehard hunters. "I'm still going to hunt, no matter what,'' he said. "We're still one of the top grouse states in the nation.'' But it's uncertain how other hunters will respond to the news of a 46 percent average decline from last year in drumming counts in northern Minnesota's prime grouse range. In the past, hunter numbers rose and fell with the...
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