The 2022 edition of the North Dakota Governor’s Walleye Cup Tournament was held last weekend and two teams from the Minot area finished first and second amongst 260. The Cup is won by the team that catches the 10 heaviest fish. The duo Cody Pardon and Josh Gladback reeled in 39.48 pounds ...
North Dakota’s 2022 pronghorn hunting season is set, with 1,970 licenses available in 17 units. Bruce Stillings, big game management supervisor for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, said license numbers are up slightly from last year, when the department allocated 1,720 licenses. “Any-pronghorn licenses will be issued in units 9A and 9C for the first time in several years to address landowner concerns and provide additional hunting opportunities,” Stillings said. The July aerial survey indicated the overall pronghorn population is up 5% from last year. The ...
North Dakota Game and Fish Department upland game biologists summarized the spring survey results for sharp-tailed grouse, ruffed grouse and greater sage grouse. Summaries from the spring sharp-tailed grouse census indicate a 13% decrease in the number of male grouse counted compared to last year. Statewide, 2,639 sharptails were observed on spring dancing grounds this year compared to 3,281 in 2021. Male grouse recorded per square mile (4) was slightly above the 10-year average (3.8). “These declines align with poor reproduction documented during the 2021 drought,” said ...
North Dakota’s 2021 pheasant, sharp-tailed grouse and Hungarian partridge harvests were down from 2020, according to the state Game and Fish Department. Upland game biologist RJ Gross said the overall harvest was likely a result of fewer hunters and below average reproduction. “We anticipated a slight decrease in upland game harvest for the fall in 2021 based on small brood sizes and a decline in observations per mile during our late summer roadside counts.” Gross said. “Although anecdotal reports from hunters indicated 2021 reproduction was better than we reported, the ...
Photographers who are interested in sending photos for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s Watchable Wildlife Photo Contest must follow guidelines for submitting their work. Photographers should go to the Game and Fish Department’s website at gf.nd.gov/photo-contest. Then it is a matter of providing some pertinent information about the photo and uploading it. Doing so helps both with ease of submitting photos for the photographer and managing those images for department staff. The contest is now open and the deadline for submitting photos is Oct. 3. For more ...
GARRISON — The North Dakota Governor’s Walleye Cup, which was held this past weekend, is the premiere fishing tournament in the region. Over 260 boats were launched by anglers looking to bring a whopper home, but before getting into the water they had to pass the scrutiny of two hardnosed ...
