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Dakota Recreation Report: March 20, 2023
Outdoor notes: *Permanent ice houses can’t be left unattended on lakes. *Be mindful of parking when accessing area lakes; not blocking roadways or snow removal operations. *Reminder that it’s...
Game and Fish volunteers recognized
Volunteer instructors for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department were recently recognized at the annual banquet in Bismarck. A 30-year service award was presented to Curtis Walen of Carrington. Clint Johnson of Carrington received a 10-year...
Eddy County 4-H winter skills experience
A couple of weekends ago, several families from the Eddy County 4-H Shooting Sports and Outdoor Skills Club met near Lake Metigoshe to learn and practice some outdoor winter skills. Most of us arrived...
Dakota Recreation Report: March 13, 2023
Outdoor notes: *Check on ice houses occasionally to make certain they haven’t iced in after warming weather. *Be mindful of parking when accessing area lakes; not blocking roadways or snow removal...
Dakota Recreation Report: March 6, 2023
Outdoor notes: *Check on ice houses occasionally to make certain they haven’t iced in after warming weather. *Be mindful of parking when accessing area lakes; not blocking roadways or snow removal o...
Dakota Recreation Report: Feb. 27, 2023
Outdoor notes: *Check on ice houses occasionally to make certain they haven’t iced in after warming weather. *Be mindful of parking when accessing area lakes; not blocking roadways or snow removal...
Dakota Recreation Report: Feb. 20, 2023
Outdoor notes: *Light goose conservation order now open. *Check on ice houses occasionally to make certain they haven’t iced in after warming weather. *Be mindful of parking when accessing area...
Dakota Recreation Report: Feb. 13, 2023
Outdoor notes: *Spring turkey applications now available. Go online to (gf.nd.gov) to apply. *All equipment such as game cameras and tree stands, etc. must be removed from all N. D. Game & Fish Dept....
Dakota Recreation Report: Feb. 6, 2023
Outdoor notes: *Spring turkey applications now available. Go online to (gf.nd.gov) to apply. *All equipment such as game cameras and tree stands, etc. must be removed from all N. D. Game & Fish Dept....
N.D. Game & Fish News
Participation needed in hunter harvest surveys While North Dakota’s 2022 hunting seasons have come and gone, hunter success, or lack thereof, still matters to wildlife managers. The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has conducted hunter...
Dakota Recreation Report: January 30, 2023
Outdoor notes: *Be mindful of parking when accessing area lakes; not blocking roadways or snow removal operations. *Reminder that it’s illegal to chase, harass, or pursue any wildlife species with...
Dakota Recreation Report: January 23, 2023
Outdoor notes: *Be mindful of parking when accessing area lakes; not blocking roadways or snow removal operations. *Reminder that it’s illegal to chase, harass, or pursue any wildlife species...
Dakota Recreation Report: Jan. 16, 2023
Outdoor notes: *Reminder that it’s illegal to chase, harass, or pursue any wildlife species with motorized vehicle. *Ice is never completely safe. Avoid areas with vegetation, moving water,...
Dakota Recreation Report: Jan. 9, 2023
Outdoor notes: *Reminder that it’s illegal to chase, harass, or pursue any wildlife species with motorized vehicle. *Ice is never completely safe. Avoid areas with vegetation, moving water,...
North Dakota Outdoors: The reality of winter and wildlife
When the phone rings or the inbox pings, it's reminiscent of unwrapping a Christmas present. I literally have no idea what's behind the rings and pings. It's one part of my job that truly keeps me on...
Our Outdoors: A year of lessons
The lessons learned coming out of the drought in 2022, where a wet spring spurred regrowth of upland grasses and the thickening of the cattail sloughs which remained on the landscape, are many....
Dakota Recreation Report: Jan. 3, 2023
Outdoor notes: *Reminder that it’s illegal to chase, harass, or pursue any wildlife species with motorized vehicle. *Ice is never completely safe. Avoid areas with vegetation, moving water,...
North Dakota Outdoors: Life and death of wild in winter
I quit blaming Mother Nature years ago for nasty weather and started pointing the finger at Old Man Winter. Not that it mattered but it seemed fair, even though we have no control over the weather....
Dakota Recreation Report: December 26, 2022
Outdoor notes: *Ice is never completely safe. Avoid areas with vegetation, moving water, pressure ridges, and springs. Check conditions as you go along on the ice and don’t move around at night....
N.D. Game and Fish News
2023-25 Watercraft registrations North Dakota watercraft owners should note that 2023 is the first year of a new three-year registration period. Watercraft registrations must be renewed online by visiting My Account at the North Dakota Game...
Dakota Recreation Report: December 19, 2022
Outdoor notes: *Ice is never completely safe. Avoid areas with vegetation, moving water, pressure ridges, and springs. Check conditions as you go along on the ice and don’t move around at night....
North Dakota Game & Fish News: Dec. 12, 2022
Darkhouse spearfishing registration Individuals required to possess a valid fishing license (age 16 and older) to darkhouse spearfish must first register online at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov. Northern pike and...
Dakota Recreation Report: Dec. 12, 2022
Outdoor notes: *Ice is never completely safe. Avoid areas with vegetation, moving water, pressure ridges, and springs. Check conditions as you go along on the ice and don’t move around at night....
Our Outdoors: Turn it Up for Late Season Pheasants
Late season pheasant hunting is by far my favorite. The throngs of people have disappeared from the landscape as colder, snowier, and windier conditions generally keep the fair weather uplanders insid...
