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Our Outdoors: Light Torches, Throw Pebbles
I’ve often wondered if people would be more concerned if the increasing reports of Chronic Wasting Disease in North Dakota made the jump from a limited population of mule and whitetail deer into...
Dakota Recreation Report: Jan. 27, 2020
Outdoor notes: *Ice is never completely safe. Avoid areas with vegetation, moving water, pressure ridges and springs. Check conditions as you go...
Our Outdoors: Long Night Luremaking
January in the upper Midwest is the sportsman's most challenging month. Major hunting seasons have ended, the flash of fins from early ice begins to...
North Dakota Outdoors: Hunter Education
Now is the time to start thinking about hunter education, not next fall. If you’re planning to hunt out of state, check if you may need...
Dakota Recreation Report: Jan. 20, 2020
Outdoor notes: *Ice is never completely safe. Avoid areas with vegetation, moving water, pressure ridges and springs. Check conditions as you go along...
Our outdoors: Down the tubes
Give or take, it’s about 250 days until upland seasons open again. It’s really 253, but at this stage in the beginning of the long wait until that semi-warm, dew-covered morning in mid-September...
North Dakota Game and Fish News: Jan. 13, 2020
Winter Anglers Reminded to Clean Up Ice The North Dakota Game and Fish Department reminds winter anglers to clean up the ice after fishing. This not only applies to trash, but fish as well. It is not...
Dakota Recreation Report: Jan. 13, 2020
Outdoor notes: *Ice is never completely safe. Avoid areas with vegetation, moving water, pressure ridges and springs. Check conditions as you go...
Our Outdoors: At Season's End
On the slope to the farmstead and the western horizon, the reason for the lack of flushing pheasants became clear. A golden wall stood at the end of...
Dakota Recreation Report
Outdoor notes: *Ice is never completely safe. Avoid areas with vegetation, moving water, pressure ridges and springs. Check conditions as you go...
Planning for Hunter Education starts now
Individuals interested in taking a hunter education class in 2020 are reminded to register early, as most classes are held the first few months of the calendar year. Interested students must click on...
2020 North Dakota Outdoors Calendar Available
The calendar features outstanding color photographs of North Dakota wildlife and scenery, and includes season opening and application deadline dates,...
Contour lake maps available on N.D. Game & Fish website
North Dakota Game and Fish Department fisheries personnel recently added waters to the list of available contour maps on the Game and Fish website. Jerry Weigel, fisheries production and...
Dakota Recreation Report for Dec. 30, 2019
Outdoor notes: *Ice is never completely safe. Avoid areas with vegetation, moving water, pressure ridges and springs. Check conditions as you go...
N.D. Game & Fish: Tentative 2020 season opening dates
To help North Dakota hunters prepare for hunting seasons in 2020, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department annually provides its best estimate for opening dates for the coming year. Dates become...
Our Outdoors: In the Cold
The rooster rose from the drain’s snow-filled cattails near my feet and curled out in front of me, banking against the northwest gusts that spurred...
Dakota Recreation Report for Dec. 23, 2019
Outdoor notes: *Ice is never completely safe. Avoid areas with vegetation, moving water, pressure ridges, and springs. Check conditions as you go alon...
North Dakota Game and Fish updates- Dec. 23, 2019
Free Ice Fishing Weekend North Dakota’s free ice fishing weekend is Dec. 28-29. Resident anglers may fish or spear that weekend without a license. All other ice fishing regulations apply. Those inte...
Dakota Recreation Report for Dec. 16, 2019
Outdoor notes: *Ice is never completely safe. Avoid areas with vegetation, moving water, pressure ridges and springs. Check conditions as you go...
Dakota Edge Outdoors: All Eyes On Early Ice Crappies
Introducing Dakota Edge Outdoors You asked, and we listened! In a recent survey, readers indicated that they would like to see more Outdoors content in our newspaper. Introducing Nick Simonson of Dako...
Lake Metigoshe State Park to host Wild Outdoor Women (WOW) Event
Lake Metigoshe State Park is hosting the Winter Wild Outdoor Women (WOW) Event Feb. 21-23, 2020. This event is for women over the age of 16 who are looking to learn or refine skills associated with a...
N.D. Game & Fish releases Winter Fishing Regulations
North Dakota anglers are encouraged to refer to the 2018-20 North Dakota Fishing Guide or the state Game and Fish Department’s website for winter fishing regulations. In addition, anglers can visit...
Coyote Catalog Available for Hunters, Landowners
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department and North Dakota Department of Agriculture are once again opening the Coyote Catalog, a statewide effort designed to connect coyote hunters and trappers with...
Let the holiday cheer light up your December in North Dakota
Lights are as much a part of the holiday season as “A Christmas Carol,” reindeer games, family meals, presents and Santa Claus. We wrap our houses and trees with them and on Christmas Eve, Santa e...
North Dakota Outdoors: Darkhouse spearfishing season details
I’m amazed at the raw pure connection to the outdoors enjoyed by many of my friends and co-workers. When the temperature drops and the ice begins...
