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Remaining fall turkey licenses available Sept. 17 beginning

The fall wild turkey lottery has been held and more than 1,200 licenses remain in 10 units. Beginning Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 8 a.m., all remaining licenses will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis. Hunters are allowed a maximum of five licenses for the fall season. Resident and nonresident hunters must purchase a license from the Game and Fish online. The fall turkey season runs Oct. 11-Jan. 4. Licenses remain for the following units: Unit 04, portions of Billings and Golden Valley counties, (39); Unit 13, Dunn County, (619); Unit 19, Grant and Sioux counties and ...

Upland game brood survey results

North Dakota’s roadside surveys conducted in late July and August indicate pheasant numbers are relatively the same as last year, while gray partridge and sharp-tailed grouse numbers were down. Total pheasants observed (91.6 per 100 miles) are down 3% from last year and broods (11.4) per 100 miles are down 1%. The average brood size (5.1) is down 6%. The statewide number of pheasants observed per 100 miles is 48% above the 10-year average. The final summary is based on 285 survey runs made along 100 brood routes across North Dakota. Observers in the northwest counted 14.7 broods ...

Submit wing envelopes

Hunters can help in the effort to manage upland game birds in North Dakota by collecting feathers from harvested birds and sending in wing envelopes. Birds included in the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s upland game wing survey, which has been in practice for decades, are ring-necked pheasants, sharp-tailed grouse, Hungarian partridge, turkeys and ruffed grouse. Collecting enough pheasant samples is typically never a problem, but securing enough sharptail and partridge feathers can be. Game and Fish biologists will take as many sharptail and partridge feathers as they can ...

Minot Parks brings back Logger Fest

Minot Parks has announced the return of Logger Fest at Oak Park. Logger Fest is an outdoor festival combining family friendly lumberjack activities and German Oktoberfest. The event will be held Saturday, Sept. 27, from noon-6 p.m.. Logger Fest is a fun-filled day of music, retail and craft vendors, food trucks, dog races, axe throwing, yard games, face painting with Nature’s Nook and hula hoop fun with Hoopspiration. It includes a strength-based steinholding contest and hammerschlagen, a game that involves hammering a nail into a log. Scheduled fun include: – Rhythm and Rhyme ...

Eight bighorn sheep licenses allocated

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department allocated eight bighorn sheep licenses for the 2025 hunting season, one more than last year. One license was issued in unit B1, one in B2, one in B3, three in B4 and one in B5. In addition, one license, as authorized under North Dakota Century Code, was auctioned in March by the Midwest Chapter of the Wild Sheep Foundation, from which all proceeds are used to enhance bighorn sheep management in North Dakota. In total, 21,221 applicants applied for bighorn sheep. Successful applicants have been notified. Prospective hunters were required to ...

North Dakota Outdoors: Sandhill crane: Over looked, under appreciated

Have you ever been sandhill crane hunting? Not just a chance opportunity when a few sandhills drifted through while goose or duck hunting. If you haven’t I’d suggest it might be a new or different way to enjoy North Dakota outdoors this fall. Here’s a little more information about these ...