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Our Outdoors: What I'd Hoped For
I can still hear the whisper from my left and sense Gene leaning in as the deer emerged in the first tree line below our position on the top of the...
Dakota Recreation Report: Nov. 30, 2020
Outdoor notes: *Ice is never completely safe. Avoid areas with vegetation, moving water, pressure ridges, and springs. Check conditions as you go alon...
Bismarck State College Wins Trap Title in First Season of Competition
In post-to-post fashion, the Bismarck State College Clay Target League (BSC CTL) team took the USA College Clay Target League's (USA CCTL) Conference...
Our Outdoors: Call it Memorable
There was nothing subtle about the way the buck came into the cut bean field where the growing herd of does and fawns were working diligently, heads...
Our Outdoors: The Weight of the Wait
With the anchor-like weight of a deer tag becoming more and more tangible in the right leg pocket of my camouflage hunting pants and that heft...
North Dakota Outdoors: Nov. 23, 2020
I grew up in an era when wild game cooking involved a can of cream of mushroom soup and a roaster. The wild game – grouse, duck, partridge or a...
Dakota Recreation Report: Nov. 23, 2020
Outdoor notes: *Stay off any and all ice whether hunting or fishing because it’s generally unsafe yet. *Nov. 27: Muzzleloader deer season opens....
NDGF Fall Advisory Board invites questions
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department encourages hunters, anglers and trappers to send questions for the fall advisory board livestream meeting prior to the scheduled start time. Questions should...
North Dakota Game & Fish Department News
Fall Mule Deer Survey Completed The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s fall mule deer survey indicated another year of good fawn production. Biologists counted 2,116 mule deer in the aerial...
Leaving Lead Behind
Hunters and anglers are the primary funders of wildlife conservation through license fees and excise taxes on equipment like fishing tackle, guns, and...
Ice Fishing Preview: Southeast Lakes Benefit from Recent High Waters
In the fall of 2019, the southeast corner of North Dakota received significant rain which not only complicated the hunting efforts of many in the...
Our Outdoors: Slow Morning
Those days when overcast conditions settle in well before dawn provide a unique time to be outdoors, particularly during deer season. The lack of the...
Dakota Recreation Report: Nov. 16, 2020
Outdoor notes: *Nov. 22: Deer gun season closes. *Nov. 27: Muzzleloader deer season opens. *Nov. 29: Dove season closes. *Nov. 30 and Dec. 1: N.D....
North Dakota Outdoors: Nov. 16, 2020
North Dakota had its first confirmed case of chronic wasting disease in deer detected in 2009. Since then, CWD has become a familiar term to most Nort...
North Dakota State Parks report record-breaking camping numbers for 2020 season
The North Dakota Parks & Recreation Department had their highest number of campers recorded in the department's history during the 2020 season. The department saw a 35% increase in campsite nights thi...
Conservation partners celebrate delisting of gray wolves as Endangered Species
More than 45 years after gray wolves were first listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the Trump Administration and its many conservation partners are announcing the successful recovery of...
The Deal with Deer Units
In North Dakota, the unit in which a sportsman hunts deer is almost analogous to one's hometown in the grand sense of things, and particularly in...
Talking Tails
When it comes to trophies following a successful hunt, most people's minds turn to the antlers on the buck they just shot, or the tenderloins in the...
Dakota Recreation Report: November 9, 2020
Outdoor notes: *Nov. 9: Crow and woodcock seasons close. *Nov. 15: Sandhill crane season closes. *Nov. 22: Deer gun season closes. Fishing: *Devils...
Our Outdoors: The Most Important Season
Don your blaze orange, secure your tag, check your scope one more time and stuff a package of handwarmers in your vest pocket because the big day is...
One Nation Under Deer Hunting
While election night and its aftermath continue to underscore the deep divide that runs through the middle of this country’s populace, one...
Our Outdoors: The Scent of Faith
I often wonder what it's like, to smell a million times more than what is humanly possible. When my lab lifts his nose to the northwest gusts and...
North Dakota Outdoors: Nov. 2, 2020
The 2020 North Dakota deer season opens Nov. 6 at 12-noon Central time and runs through Sunday Nov. 22. Legal shooting hours after opening day are a h...
Dakota Recreation Report: Nov. 2, 2020
Outdoor notes: *Nov. 5: Elk Unit E5 closes. *Nov. 6: Deer gun season opens. *Nov. 7: Bobcat season opens. *Nov. 9: Crow and woodcock seasons close....
NDGF news: Salmon spawn completed
Fisheries crews have completed their annual salmon spawning operation on the Missouri River System, after collecting more than 2.1 million eggs. North Dakota Game and Fish Department Missouri River...
