Landowners applying for a 2019 deer gratis license can fill out their application online by visiting the state Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov. The general deer lottery and muzzleloader applications will be available online in early May. The deadline for applying is June 5. Chief ...
Hunter success during last fall’s pronghorn hunting season was 81 percent, according to statistics provided by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. Game and Fish issued 1,081 licenses (701 lottery and 380 gratis), and 976 hunters took 792 pronghorn, consisting of 761 bucks, 28 does and ...
Whooping cranes are in the midst of their spring migration and sightings will increase as they make their way into and through North Dakota over the next several weeks. Anyone seeing these endangered birds as they move through the state is asked to report sightings so the birds can be ...
Volunteer instructors for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department were recently honored at the annual recognition event in Bismarck. Shannon Johnson, Fargo, was recognized as hunter education instructor of the year and Steve Goroski, Bismarck, was named archery education instructor of the ...
Outdoor enthusiasts are invited to attend a North Dakota Game and Fish Department spring advisory board meeting in their area. These public meetings, held each spring and fall, provide residents with an opportunity to discuss fish and wildlife issues and ask questions of their district ...
By Jeff Kolpack jkolpack@forumcomm.com COLUMBIA, S.C. — The basketball facility that is home to the University of South Carolina has size to it. The capacity is 18,000, but it feels bigger. Still, North Dakota State on Thursday afternoon didn’t walk into Colonial Life Arena like the ...
GRAND FORKS — Region 2 dominated the North Dakota Class B boys high school basketball poll all season. Thompson was ranked first in all but two of the weekly polls, Hillsboro-Central Valley was in the top four all season and Cavalier and Grafton each made several appearances in the top ...
DAYTON, Ohio — Three years ago as an incoming freshman for North Dakota State’s men’s basketball team, Tyson Ward was curious about his soon-to-be roommate. So he did a search on Jared Samuelson. “Who is this kid? Huh?” Ward recalls thinking when he saw pictures of Samuelson. “He ...
FARGO — It was early December and the North Dakota State men’s basketball team left Ames, Iowa, after an 81-59 beating at Iowa State. At that point, the Bison had a 2-7 record. They were nine tough games. Eight were on the road; one was an overtime loss and another was at No. 1-ranked ...
FARGO — The North Dakota Class B girls basketball all-state first team is loaded with youth, featuring Kindred Vikings freshman Abby Duchscherer. Duchscherer is the lone unanimous selection on a first team that has no seniors. Kidder County sophomore Madelyn Schmidt, Hettinger-Scranton ...
By Jeff Kolpack Forum News Service FARGO — On St. Patrick's Day, the men's basketball team with green as one of its school colors learned it will play sooner than most of the rest of the NCAA Tournament field. North Dakota State was tabbed as one of the "First Four" into the tournament ...
Contractors who are able to perform habitat work on Private Land Open To Sportsmen program lands across the state are invited to add their businesses to a database that the North Dakota Game and Fish Department will maintain on its website to help landowners who are looking to develop wildlife ...
A national safe boating campaign kicking off March 17-23 encourages boat operators to take a certified boat safety course. Spring Aboard – Take a Boating Education Course wants boaters to get educated prior to the start of the boating season. State Game and Fish Department education ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Omaha tried throwing a haymaker at North Dakota State in the Summit League tournament championship game Tuesday, March 12, midway in the second half. The Mavericks went on a 12-0 run to tie the game 51-51 and the 11-point halftime lead the Bison so diligently built was ...
By Mike McFeely Forum News Service FARGO — It was about the wins and losses more than the defections. Maren Walseth didn't win enough games as the head coach of the North Dakota State women's basketball team and so she no longer has the job. Walseth and the Bison "mutually agreed to part ...
By Clay Cunningham Forum News Service BISMARCK — Coming off a 2016-17 season in which it won just two games, talks of the Jamestown boys basketball team winning a state tournament in just two years may have drawn snickers from some. With a perfect season, capped by a dominant performance ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The Summit League Tournament woes continued for North Dakota State’s women’s basketball program Saturday, March 9. Suffering a 74-51 opening-round loss to South Dakota at the Denny Sanford Premier Center, NDSU now has a 1-10 all-time record in the Summit League ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – It took North Dakota State University a decade to crown its first individual national champion at the Division I level. On Saturday, March 9, Payton Otterdahl made it two titles in two days. Otterdahl won the weight throw at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field ...
BISMARCK — Bismarck Century was in no mood to let history repeat itself at the North Dakota Class A girls state basketball tournament. Thirty-two years after Devils Lake beat the Patriots in the state title game, the Patriots fought off the Firebirds down the stretch to post a 69-61 win and ...
FARGO — There were 3.9 seconds remaining. That’s how much time was left for four North Dakota State seniors to keep their five years of dedication to Bison men’s basketball alive. That’s how much time was left when Ben Woodside released the shot that will forever be enshrined in the ...