There’s just something to be said for consistency. Not just because I’m an old man and don’t like change, either. Changing fishing regulations year to year and lake to lake can maximize management at the expense of confusion leading to angler frustration. Same with hunting. Case in ...

The work of North Dakota game wardens is so much more than checking hunting and fishing licenses. The men and women wearing a badge and working the frontlines of game and fish law enforcement are the first called when a hunter has a question or a landowner is dealing with deer depredation. ...

Do you think much about wild turkeys in North Dakota? If you’re like me, when you see a turkey you call them out: “tom, jake, hen … how many are there? Are they on private land? Where did they come from and where are they headed?” Game and Fish biologists wonder some of the same ...

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is asking for help locating active bald eagle nests. Conservation biologist Sandra Johnson said the department is looking for locations of nests with eagles present, not individual eagle sightings. Eagles lay eggs in early to mid-March, which hatch ...

Landowners interested in a 2024 deer gratis license must apply with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department by June 5. General deer and muzzleloader lottery applications will be available in early May, also with a deadline of June 5. Gratis applicants who have previously applied will ...

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department will have 337 any-deer bow licenses available to nonresidents in 2024. Applicants can apply after April 15. The deadline to apply is May 15. Up to five hunters can apply together as a party. A lottery will be held if more applications are received ...