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Outdoors

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 ...

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 giving ...

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 ...

North Dakota Outdoors: Training next generation of safe hunters to begin

Jan. 7 was the official end date for archery deer, pheasant, grouse, partridge and turkey seasons in North Dakota. While squirrel season is open through Feb 29, most of the hunting seasons are over. With spring snow goose officially opening in February and the spring turkey season opening ...

Hunters urged to participate

North Dakota hunters receiving a survey this winter are encouraged to help with wildlife management by returning it to the state Game and Fish Department or completing the survey online. Big game, small game, waterfowl, swan, turkey and furbearer questionnaires are being sent to randomly ...