National Hunting And Fishing Day Set For Sept. 24
National Hunting and Fishing Day also is an opportunity to encourage young people to get more involved in hunting and fishing. (N.D. Game and Fish Department photo) National Hunting and Fishing Day is...
View ArticleN.D. Hunters Can Expect Fewer Sharptails
Hunters in North Dakota will have to work harder for the sharp-tailed grouse they shoot this fall, and Minnesota hunters likely will encounter a similar scenario. North Dakota’s grouse season opened...
View ArticleMinnesota Ruffed Grouse Preview: A Mix Of Facts And Uncertainties
Drumming counts were up 18 percent this spring across Minnesota’s ruffed grouse range, but production remains the wild card going into Saturday’s opener. Heavy rains early in the summer likely will...
View ArticleRegulations Aim To Curb CWD Risk In North Dakota
While the number of deer that have tested positive for chronic wasting diseaseremains low, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department has continued to adjust regulations to address potential spread of...
View ArticleCooper’s Hawks Increase In Grand Forks
Not many years ago, a Cooper’s hawk was considered a rare bird here. My copy of the Grand Forks County checklist, dated 2009, calls the Cooper’s hawk “uncommon.” Robert E. Stewart used the same word to...
View ArticleFirst-Come, First-Served Deer Gun Licenses Available Sept. 28 In North Dakota
A total of 50 antlerless whitetail deer gun licenses are still available in two units after the North Dakota Game and Fish Department recently completed its second lottery drawing. Individual results...
View ArticleStorytime SNAPSHOTS: 37-Inch Channel Catfish
Tom Luney of Grand Forks caught this 25-pound, 37-inch channel catfish Sept. 3 on the Red River near Drayton, N.D., while fishing with catfish guide Brad Durick. The catfish was tagged, and info from...
View ArticleEco-Ed Camp Offers Lessons In Nature
Marty Egeland, North Dakota Game and Fish Department outreach biologist in Grand Forks, teaches a group of seventh-graders from South Middle School in Grand Forks the difference between antlers and...
View ArticleMinnesota DNR Offers Online Hunting Resources
Ruffed grousePhoto Credit: Paul Carson Minnesota’s 2016 ruffed grouse season opens Saturday, and the Department of Natural Resources offers a variety of tools to help hunters find places to hunt....
View ArticleNorth Dakota Sandhill Crane Season Opens Sept. 17
A couple young sandhill cranes with one of their parents. (Bret Amundson/Northland Outdoors) North Dakota’s sandhill crane season opens Sept. 17 and continues through Nov. 13. Limits are three daily...
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