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NASP state tournament scheduled

The North Dakota National Archery in the Schools Program state tournament is scheduled for March 15-16 at the State Fair Center in Minot. The tournament will feature competition in bullseye, 3-D and varsity. The tournament consists of team and individual competition in elementary, middle and high school divisions, with $40,000 in prizes awarded, including more than $30,000 in higher education scholarships. The state tournament and all other local and regional NASP tournaments are open to any student in grades 4-12 who attends a school that offers NASP lessons during the school ...

Spring light goose conservation order

North Dakota’s spring light goose conservation order opens Saturday and continues through Sunday, May 12. Residents must have a 2023-24 (valid through March 31) or 2024-25 (required April 1) combination license, or a small game, and general game and habitat license. Resident youth younger than 16 only need the general game and habitat license. The 2024-25 license is available for purchase beginning March 15. Nonresidents need a 2024 spring light goose conservation order license. Nonresidents who hunt in spring remain eligible to buy a fall season license. The spring license does ...

Electronic posting system for private land available

The deadline for landowners to digitally post land is July 1, which enables N.D. Game and Fish to produce print material and digital content prior to hunting seasons that begin in August. Landowners who enrolled land electronically last year can renew, add or modify posting designations during the enrollment period. Others posting for the first time might need to create a profile.

North Dakota Outdoors: ND Game and Fish director looks at 2024

Every hunter, angler and trapper can assess their own past seasons and look forward to the challenges and opportunities of 2024. The director of North Dakota Game and Fish and division chiefs are tasked with understanding and guiding the vested interests of all from Cavalier to Carson, from ...

North Dakota Outdoors: Growing wildlife populations can take many years

Fall and winter of 2023 started off pretty good for deer, pheasants, farmers, hunters and ranchers. Just about everyone was smiling with the soft start compared to the hard finish of last winter. But when snow, rain and ice pelted much of central and eastern North Dakota as Christmas was ...

North Dakota Outdoors: Research project focuses on mystery of martens

My first game warden station was in Bottineau. Having spent time there in junior college the uniqueness of the Turtle Mountain’s fish, wildlife and habitat was part of the outdoors DNA, which gave northcentral North Dakota its own unique identity. One of the few areas with huntable ...