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Outdoors

There’s no party hunting allowed in North Dakota

From deer to ducks and pike to perch, hunters and anglers must take only their own daily limit or fill their own deer tag. For as long as I can remember, party hunting, group fishing or any other way to describe it has never been legal in the state. In North Dakota there is no legal ...

Poaching: If you see something, report it

The time to report a possible poaching violation is not the next time you see a game warden. Complaining about a situation you witnessed during deer or any other hunting season at the cafe, gas station, watering hole or at the high school game doesn’t help. The best advice I can give is if ...

Protecting animals just got harder

It’s that time of year now when we find ourselves looking for those nicer, warmer days where temperatures rise above freezing and the winds calm. Most of the keepers have transitioned from their shorts to long pants, jackets, and gloves as they head out to care for the animals. The number of ...

The Life and Travels of an Omar

Friluftsliv To loosely translate from Norwegian to English: fri = free, lufts = air’s, liv = life The English equivalent= Outdoor Life It’s hard to get too excited about a rock. Hard, that is, until you learn a little about its travels to North Dakota and its unique, characteristic ...

NORTH DAKOTA OUTDOORS: Stay safe while hunting this fall

In any given year about 100,000 individuals put in for the regular deer gun lottery. Safe to say, even if you don’t deer hunt, there’s someone in your house, at work or next door that either will be deer hunting or wishes they were. When it comes to deer hunting safety (or pheasants, ...

Salmon spawn completed

Fisheries crews completed their annual salmon spawning operation on the Missouri River System, collecting more than 1.8 million eggs. About 500,000 went to South Dakota to meet their egg collection goal. North Dakota Game and Fish Department Missouri River System fisheries biologist Russ ...