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Outdoors

North Dakota Outdoors: Making plans for this year’s spring season

A couple of decades ago, March was typically sort of a down time for outdoor activity in North Dakota, but that’s no longer the case. With the fishing season for game fish open year-round instead of closing around the first weekend in March, plus the advent of the spring light goose ...

North Dakota Outdoors: Getting set for applications, season openers

I don’t need my kids, wife or you to tell me I’m old. I know it. I embrace it. I’ll argue there are a few things done the old-fashioned way, which still works just fine for me. I have portable jump starters in all our vehicles. But I also have jumper cables too. If you know why, you are ...

North Dakota Outdoors: Fishing choices are part of angler experience

I’ve always enjoyed my own little mental debates. Would I rather have a fast-food double cheeseburger that’s a little less expensive than a sit-down burger and fries? For me, the answer depends on a combination of how hungry I am and if I’m going to just simply chow down and get back on ...

Spring light goose conservation order open

North Dakota’s spring light goose conservation order opened Feb. 15. It continues through May 11. Residents must have a 2024-25 (valid through March 31) or 2025-26 (required April 1) combination license or a small game, and general game and habitat license. Resident youth younger than age ...

North Dakota Outdoors: Working our way through winter, fishing

Remember last fall? For most of us it was filled with sunshine, warmth and appreciation. When November deer season opened, the extended autumn continued with many areas of the state enjoying temperatures around 45 degrees, and 50 was common. Then just before Thanksgiving the change of sun and ...