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  • Our Outdoors: A Hope Down Memory Lane

    Nick Simonson|Aug 16, 2021

    As I waded through the recently cut wheat fields and grassy stretches around them on the way to check my trail camera this weekend, I watched the grasshoppers flee before my boots in waves like those made by the wakeboarders back at the cabin. As they did, I recalled just how fun those summers of more than two decades ago, along that same lakeshore were, thanks to some of my first - and certainly most consistent - topwater success. I can’t remember now if my dad had purchased a Rebel Crickhopper...

  • North Dakota Outdoors: August 16, 2021

    Doug Leier|Aug 16, 2021

    Sipping coffee early in the morning and talking fishing is about as close as it gets to enjoying fishing without wetting a line. Truth is, I spend more time talking about fishing than actually casting, but I’ve gotten used to it. I say it’s like the plumber whose faucet is always leaking, yet he spends more time fixing the dripping pipes of others. Don’t get me wrong, I like talking about fishing more every day. Hearing the excitement and listening to the stories is priceless. I took a call...

  • North Dakota Game & Fish Department News

    Aug 16, 2021

    Map tools to identify land posted electronically Hunters should take note of the map tools available to identify electronically posted private land before venturing out this fall. Brian Hosek, North Dakota Game and Fish Department business operations manager, said map resources, mobile applications and printable maps can be found on the department’s website. “We do provide a few different tools on our website, and each have different strengths, such as some require cell service while others can work offline, others offer the ability to det...

  • Northeast Remains State's Deer Hunting Wildcard

    Nick Simonson|Aug 16, 2021

    A strong, snow-filled winter not only challenged deer in the northeastern corner of the state, but also hindered survey tactics employed by the North Dakota Game & Fish Department at the start of the year. Unable to fly any aerial surveys, the department leaned heavily on the reports of staff, landowners and the general public, along with hunter surveys from 2019 to set the tone and the tag numbers for the 2020 firearms deer season. Despite not flying the annual surveys, the department isn't...

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