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 ...
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 guests decline, but the work only increases for them as the animals require a greater amount of attention. By all measures it seems winter has begun. Caring for animals during the throes of winter is much more taxing on the staff than the warmer months. Most of the collection has temperature ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 Kinzler said crews collected enough eggs to stock 400,000 smolts planned for Lake Sakakawea in 2023. About 80% of the eggs were collected from Lake Sakakawea and the remainder from the Missouri River below Garrison Dam. Average size of female salmon was 5 pounds, which is about 2.5 pounds smaller ...
Going back to my beginning with the Game and Fish Department as a game warden, the common questions surrounding deer season haven’t changed that much. Neither have the answers. Which says a lot about North Dakota’s deer hunting heritage. The 60,000-plus hunters are passionate about ...
