Jerad Bluem, North Dakota Game and Fish Department district game warden stationed in Steele, is the state’s 2018 Wildlife Officer of the Year. Bluem was honored recently by the Shikar-Safari Club International, a private conservation organization that annually recognizes outstanding wildlife ...

North Dakota Game and Fish Department Director Terry Steinwand recently honored a number of employees with performance-based awards. Steinwand presented the following employees with special recognition awards at the department’s annual staff meeting Dec. 6. Levi Jacobson, private land ...

Sunday – Deer muzzleloader season closes. Sunday – Canada goose season closes, Zone 3. Dec. 21 – Canada goose season closes, Zone 2. Dec. 22 – Full moon, 11:50 a.m. Dec. 28 – Canada goose season closes, Zone 1. Dec. 29 – Buffalo Lodge Lake Fishing Derby, 720-3555. Dec. ...

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 the Game and Fish website, gf.nd.gov, for an extensive list of fishing questions and ...

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 landowners who are dealing with coyotes in their areas. Last winter, nearly 30 landowners ...

Today – District 2 NDG&F Advisory Board meeting, Stanley, 7 p.m., 629-1622. Tuesday – District 1 NDG&F Advisory Board meeting, Crosby, 7 p.m., 339-3535. Dec. 16 – Deer muzzleloader season closes. Dec. 16 – Canada goose season closes, Zone 3. Dec. 21 – Canada goose ...

Anglers looking for a more in-depth look into many of North Dakota’s fisheries will have that chance soon on the state Game and Fish Department’s website, gf.nd.gov. Jerry Weigel, fisheries production/development section supervisor, said beginning in early December, anglers will be able ...

The North Dakota waterfowl duck and white-fronted goose seasons closed Dec. 2. However, duck hunting in the high plains unit reopens Dec. 8 and continues through Dec. 30. In addition, the season for Canada geese closes Dec. 16 in the eastern zone, Dec. 21 in the western zone and Dec. 28 in the ...

North Dakota’s early mountain lion season in Zone 1 closed Sunday, Nov. 25, and the late season, when hunters can pursue lions with dogs, is now open. During the early season, hunters took two cats from a harvest limit of eight. Under the season structure, a conditional season could open ...

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is urging winter anglers and late-season hunters to use extreme caution when venturing out on ice. Ice thickness is never consistent, especially early in winter, and can vary significantly on the same body of water. Edges become firm before the ...

Today – Audubon NWR upland game opener. Tuesday – District 3 NDG&F Advisory Board meeting, Esmond, 7 p.m. 214-0059. Friday – Deer muzzleloader season opens. Fri.-Sat. – Snowmobile ND 40th Annual Convention, Clarion Hotel, Minot. Dec. 2 – Duck season closes, Low Plains ...

North Dakota’s darkhouse spearfishing season opens on most state waters when ice-up occurs. Legal fish are northern pike and nongame species. Prior to this year, the darkhouse spearfishing season had opened on Dec. 1. All individuals who participate in darkhouse spearfishing must first ...

Organizers planning fishing tournaments, including ice fishing contests this winter, are reminded to submit an application along with fishing tournament regulations to the North Dakota Game and Fish Department at least 30 days prior to the start of the event. The 30-day advance notice allows ...

Hunters are reminded that several national wildlife refuges in North Dakota are open to late-season upland game bird hunting the day after the deer gun season closes. Arrowwood, Audubon, Des Lacs, J. Clark Salyer, Lake Alice, Lake Zahl, Long Lake, Lostwood, Tewaukon (pheasants only), and ...

Sunday – Deer gun season closes. Sunday – Mountain lion early season closes, Zone 1. Thursday – Happy Thanksgiving! Thursday – Full moon, 11:40 p.m. Nov. 26 – Audubon NWR upland game opener. Nov. 27 – District 3 NDG&F Advisory Board meeting, Esmond, 7 p.m. ...

Here is the North Dakota Game and Fish Department Whopper Club entries, date & weight for October: Lake Oahe northern pike: Ken Johnson, Bismarck, Oct. 3, 24 lbs., 8 oz Carsen Mathisen, Mandan, Oct. 19, 22 lbs., 14 oz. Missouri River northern pike: James Johannes, Underwood, Oct. ...

Here is the North Dakota Game and Fish Department Catch-and Release Club qualifiers, date & length for October: Lake Sakakawea northern pike: Rodney Keller, Max, Oct. 6, 42 inches. Anton Seiler, Dickinson, Oct. 19, 42 inches. Ed Evanson, Watford City, Oct. 20, 36 inches. Lake ...

Minot horseshoe club member Tanner Mosser (right) and his grandfather, Dave Mosser (left), pose with their hardware after the 2018 North Dakota state horseshoe tournament this past summer in Fargo. Tanner won the Junior Championship Class and a High Ringer Award, while Dave won a High Ringer ...

Nov. 25 – Deer gun season closes. Nov. 25 – Mountain lion early season closes, Zone 1. Nov. 26 – Audubon NWR upland game opener. Nov. 29 – Dove season closes. Nov. 30 – Deer muzzleloader season opens.

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s fall mule deer survey indicated fawn production in 2018 was better than in 2017. Biologists counted 2,446 mule deer in the aerial survey in October. The buck-to-doe ratio of 43 bucks per 100 does was higher than last year and the same as the ...