The North Dakota Game and Fish Department allocated seven bighorn sheep licenses for the 2024 hunting season, one more than last year. One license was issued in unit B1, two in B3, two in B4 and one in B5. In addition, one license, as authorized under North Dakota Century Code, was auctioned ...

Hunters can help in the effort to manage upland game birds in the state 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 ...

The deadline for submitting entries in the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s annual Watchable Wildlife Photo Contest is Oct. 1. The contest has categories for nongame and game species, as well as plants/insects. An overall winning photograph will be chosen, with the number of place ...

BISMARCK – The USDA Forest Service McKenzie Ranger District has received the North Dakota Recreation & Park Association (NDRPA) Partnership Award at the Rough Rider Center in Watford City Wednesday, the district announced in a news release. The NDRPA Partnership Award is presented to an ...

With the close of summer, you’ll notice a swing from fishing rods to shotguns. For many it’s a seamless transition and welcomed, even if the tradeoff means we’re one step closer to winter. People who hunt all fall, starting with early goose, then doves and working through upland game ...

I grew up in an era before the early August goose hunt, and 25 years later it still feels a bit odd to think of hunters swatting mosquitoes and lathering on sunscreen. Our first hunt of the season was mourning doves in early September. Where birds were plentiful, the sense of accomplishment ...