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Outdoors

Federal duck stamp required Thursday

A federal duck stamp is required for waterfowl hunters 16 and older beginning Thursday. Waterfowl includes ducks, geese, swans, mergansers and coots. This year’s 2022-23 federal duck stamp is available for electronic purchase through the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s website, ...

Deer archery season opens Friday

North Dakota’s deer bow season opens Friday at noon and continues through Jan. 1, 2023. Bowhunters can buy a license online at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov, or at vendors linked to the department’s online licensing system. Hunters should plan ...

Festival to offer outdoor activities for youth

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department, local wildlife clubs and other sponsors will usher youngsters into fall during the annual Youth Outdoor Festival in Minot. The event is Thursday, Sept. 1, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Game and Fish Conservation and Outdoors Skills Park on the grounds ...

North Dakota Outdoors: Kobriger gathers wildlife data for nearly six decades

I’m a fan of numbers and statistics to a point where they fascinate me. Not just what the numbers say but how the numbers are generated. When I took my college statistics course, I knew going in I was about to experience a learning curve in the most real time. Thankfully, the professor ...

Early goose season provides August hunting opportunities

Much of my work as an outreach biologist is understanding the point of view hunters and anglers are coming from. It’s important to appreciate the context of a young angler expressing interest in stocking new bodies of water when I think of how we have more bodies of water with more fish than ...

Concurrent season deer licenses available today

Hunters can purchase additional, concurrent season deer licenses today at 8 a.m. on the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s website, gf.nd.gov. There is no limit on the number of concurrent season licenses a hunter can purchase. Concurrent season licenses can be used during the ...