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Outdoors

Grouse, partridge seasons open Saturday

North Dakota’s hunting seasons for grouse and partridge will open Saturday. Shooting hours are one-half hour before sunrise to sunset. Sharptails, ruffed grouse and Hungarian partridge each have a daily limit of three and a possession limit of 12. All hunters, regardless of age, must ...

CWD testing available

With the deer bow, elk, and moose seasons opening soon, North Dakota Game and Fish Department officials remind hunters there are options for getting their animals tested for chronic wasting disease. A list of locations where hunters can drop off heads is available at the N.D. Game and Fish ...

Duck brood numbers up

State Game and Fish Department migratory bird biologists expect a fall flight of ducks from North Dakota similar to 2007, 2008 and 2017. To bring that forecast closer to home, the fall flight is anticipated to be about 26% above last year’s fall flight, based on observations from the ...

Hunters be mindful of farmers, ranchers

North Dakota Game and Fish Department officials are encouraging hunters to be respectful and cautious as farmers and ranchers are busy with field work this time of year. Hunters should pull to the side of the road or find an approach when meeting combines, grain trucks or tractors pulling ...

Witness Trees at Fort Rice, Dakota Territory

To loosely translate from Norwegian to English: fri = free, lufts = air’s, liv = life The English equivalent= Outdoor Life I retired in 2000 without a clear vision of what I wanted to do with my newly discovered free time. In another story, I will tell of the events that led to my ...