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NDG&F Release The North Dakota Game and Fish Department and North Dakota Department of Agriculture are again opening the...
12/03/2024

NDG&F Release The North Dakota Game and Fish Department and North Dakota Department of Agriculture are again opening the Coyote Catalog, a statewide effort designed to connect hunters and trappers with landowners dealing with coyotes in their areas. Landowners can sign up on the Department of Agriculture website, ndda.nd.gov. Hunters and trappers can sign up at the Game and Fish website, gf.nd.gov....

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NDG&F Release The North Dakota Game and Fish Department and North Dakota Department of Agriculture are again opening the Coyote Catalog, a statewide effort designed to connect hunters and trapp…

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson With the end of fi****ms deer season, and the seemingly perfect timing of winter’s onset ...
12/03/2024

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson With the end of fi****ms deer season, and the seemingly perfect timing of winter’s onset including a number of nights with lows less than zero degrees and days staying well below freezing, sportsmen are making the mental shift toward ice fishing at a rapid rate. In the hurried efforts to get flipover shacks and pop-up tents ready, batteries charged, and augers tuned to cut those first holes of the hardwater season, anglers would be wise to take stock of where their local lakes sit before heading out and keep in mind some helpful tips and reminders about ice thickness, formation and safety as first ice settles in....

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson With the end of fi****ms deer season, and the seemingly perfect timing of winter’s onset including a number of nights with lows less than zero degrees and days stayin…

Mike Peluso By Mike Peluso I knew winter was coming but I was sure hoping it would hold off a little longer than it did....
12/03/2024

Mike Peluso By Mike Peluso I knew winter was coming but I was sure hoping it would hold off a little longer than it did. Just like every year we all know it’s coming and now here we are. The last couple of weeks of fishing walleyes on the Missouri River, however were shaping up to be another epic fall! We were seeing 40 to 50 fish days with some really nice fish showing up....

Mike Peluso By Mike Peluso I knew winter was coming but I was sure hoping it would hold off a little longer than it did. Just like every year we all know it’s coming and now here we are. The last c…

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson The Thanksgiving table wherever we are for the holiday has always been about options. As...
12/03/2024

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson The Thanksgiving table wherever we are for the holiday has always been about options. As a kid, I had the easy choice of grandma’s turkey, along with a side of Swedish meatballs, and was able to easily pass over the traditional Norwegian offering of lutefisk and save that for the older generations who still took a chance on the smelly lye-cured fish for dinner. ...

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson The Thanksgiving table wherever we are for the holiday has always been about options. As a kid, I had the easy choice of grandma’s turkey, along with a side of Swedi…

NDG&F Dept. Release The North Dakota Game and Fish Department cautions hunters to be wary of ice conditions. In some par...
12/03/2024

NDG&F Dept. Release The North Dakota Game and Fish Department cautions hunters to be wary of ice conditions. In some parts of the state, there are smaller waters that show the appearance of safe ice. Hunters should be cautious of walking on frozen stock ponds, sloughs, creeks and rivers. Ice can form overnight, resulting in unstable conditions. Ice thickness is not consistent, as it can vary significantly within a few inches....

NDG&F Dept. Release The North Dakota Game and Fish Department cautions hunters to be wary of ice conditions. In some parts of the state, there are smaller waters that show the appearance of saf…

Doug Leier By Doug Leier I spend a lot of time talking about the outdoors and one of the more recent conversations conne...
12/03/2024

Doug Leier By Doug Leier I spend a lot of time talking about the outdoors and one of the more recent conversations connected with old timers eating everything “but the squeal” from a pig to acknowledge how our generations couldn’t afford to waste anything consumed as food. It was a generation and time through the Depression and world wars when ends were met by rationing gas and supplies to basically shaming any food waste....

Doug Leier By Doug Leier I spend a lot of time talking about the outdoors and one of the more recent conversations connected with old timers eating everything “but the squeal” from a pig to acknowl…

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson I enjoy hunting public land, be it those acres of private land opened to public access th...
12/03/2024

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson I enjoy hunting public land, be it those acres of private land opened to public access through programs such as North Dakota’s PLOTS system or those Walk-In Access (WIA) acres in Minnesota, or the great state and federal Wildlife Management Areas (WMA), Waterfowl Production Areas (WPA) or national forests and grasslands. The challenges and rewards on these areas can both be great, especially during deer season, but here in the final weekend of the fi****ms hunting phase of our fall, these spaces have provided some of the best lessons in sticking it out, sometimes right through the final hours of the last day....

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson I enjoy hunting public land, be it those acres of private land opened to public access through programs such as North Dakota’s PLOTS system or those Walk-In Access (W…

Mike Peluso By Mike Peluso Even with the long autumn, it’s hard to believe that my 2024 open water guide season is just ...
12/03/2024

Mike Peluso By Mike Peluso Even with the long autumn, it’s hard to believe that my 2024 open water guide season is just about over. I have only a couple more trips planned for walleyes on the Missouri River and I’m definitely going to miss it. I want to say thanks to everyone I was able to spend time with in the boat this summer....

Mike Peluso By Mike Peluso Even with the long autumn, it’s hard to believe that my 2024 open water guide season is just about over. I have only a couple more trips planned for walleyes on the Misso…

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson I’ve often said that each bird is a trophy, especially in those seasons where winter weat...
12/03/2024

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson I’ve often said that each bird is a trophy, especially in those seasons where winter weather, dry summers, or other situations have impacted populations making it tougher to come by those favorite upland quarries. Even in this autumn of relative plenty, where every walk has produced a pheasant, partridge or some other winged target for my dog and I, each bird in the bag feels like a big success, especially last week while hunting the rolling hills of some public acres west of town. ...

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson I’ve often said that each bird is a trophy, especially in those seasons where winter weather, dry summers, or other situations have impacted populations making it tou…

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson With fi****ms deer hunting seasons opening across the country, the state of the nation’s ...
11/17/2024

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson With fi****ms deer hunting seasons opening across the country, the state of the nation’s herd and the hunt is good, according to Kip Adams, Chief Conservation Officer for the National Deer Association (NDA). This position is based on some of the best science available to state agencies and involvement from non-governmental organizations such as NDA and hunters across the country....

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson With fi****ms deer hunting seasons opening across the country, the state of the nation’s herd and the hunt is good, according to Kip Adams, Chief Conservation Officer…

Doug Leier By Doug Leier “Hey, Doug, what’s the most common question you get each year when deer hunting season is on?” ...
11/15/2024

Doug Leier By Doug Leier “Hey, Doug, what’s the most common question you get each year when deer hunting season is on?” It likely has to do with trespassing or tagging. But those can vary as each situation is unique. In short, if you don’t know for sure if you can legally access the land for posting or trespass, the answer is specific to unique instances....

Doug Leier By Doug Leier  “Hey, Doug, what’s the most common question you get each year when deer hunting season is on?”  It likely has to do with trespassing or tagging. But those can va…

NDG&F Dept. Release The loss of habitat across North Dakota is impacting game and nongame populations and, consequently,...
11/14/2024

NDG&F Dept. Release The loss of habitat across North Dakota is impacting game and nongame populations and, consequently, hunting license allocations. Coupled with increased challenges to finding hunting access, the state’s longstanding hunting heritage is suffering. To raise awareness about the need for more wildlife habitat on the landscape in a state that has lost its share over the years, and find productive pathways forward, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department is hosting the Habitat and Hunting Access Summit on Dec....

NDG&F Dept. Release The loss of habitat across North Dakota is impacting game and nongame populations and, consequently, hunting license allocations. Coupled with increased challenges to findin…

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson Antlers. Those that are big enough reduce even the best hunter to a shaking pile of huma...
11/14/2024

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson Antlers. Those that are big enough reduce even the best hunter to a shaking pile of human-shaped jello on stand. Beyond their power in the field, however, there is a huge market – however sometimes dubious or even illegal – for antlers in one form or another. From curing ailments to bringing continued good health, the demand for antlers, especially in the far east, is as astounding as their effect on the average sportsman....

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson Antlers. Those that are big enough reduce even the best hunter to a shaking pile of human-shaped jello on stand. Beyond their power in the field, however, there is a…

Mike Peluso By Mike Peluso When it comes to walleyes on the Missouri River, we are seeing a huge forage run happening r...
11/14/2024

Mike Peluso By Mike Peluso When it comes to walleyes on the Missouri River, we are seeing a huge forage run happening right now on the flow near Bismarck. All of this food has created a little bit of difficulty in getting the fish to bite. We are getting them to eat but it’s taking a bit of coaxing to do so....

Mike Peluso By Mike Peluso When it comes to walleyes on the Missouri River, we are seeing a huge forage run happening right now on the flow near Bismarck. All of this food has created a little bit…

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson Ahead of the fi****ms deer season, I pondered over my nature. An excitable guy, subject ...
11/14/2024

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson Ahead of the fi****ms deer season, I pondered over my nature. An excitable guy, subject to the throes of adrenaline and emotion, fidgety and talkative, it’s a wonder I ever got into deer hunting at all, especially the kind I now enjoy most. After a couple seasons of walking hunting, a mentor introduced me to still hunting, and since then, I haven’t looked back. ...

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson Ahead of the fi****ms deer season, I pondered over my nature. An excitable guy, subject to the throes of adrenaline and emotion, fidgety and talkative, it’s a wonder…

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson As the North Dakota fi****ms deer season gets underway, a decreased presence of hunters i...
11/13/2024

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson As the North Dakota fi****ms deer season gets underway, a decreased presence of hunters in the field may be noticeable from the past several years, however a rebuilding population of healthy animals coming off a mild winter in 2023-24, a nearly completed corn harvest, and heightened pre-rut activity may provide those with a gun tag a great opportunity to finish their fall with success, according to Ben Matykiewicz, Big Game Biologist with the North Dakota Game & Fish Department (NDG&F)....

Nick Simonson By Nick SimonsonAs the North Dakota fi****ms deer season gets underway, a decreased presence of hunters in the field may be noticeable from the past several years, however a rebuildin…

NDG&F Release Fisheries crews completed their annual salmon spawning operation on Lake Sakakawea, collecting 1.9 million...
11/13/2024

NDG&F Release Fisheries crews completed their annual salmon spawning operation on Lake Sakakawea, collecting 1.9 million eggs. Russ Kinzler, North Dakota Game and Fish Department Missouri River System fisheries supervisor, said the 2024 spawn was almost perfect with lots of fish and great weather. “The numbers of fish in the spawn this year were amazing to see, and we saw a noticeable increase in the size of our salmon compared to last year,” Kinzler said....

NDG&F Release Fisheries crews completed their annual salmon spawning operation on Lake Sakakawea, collecting 1.9 million eggs. Russ Kinzler, North Dakota Game and Fish Department Missouri Rive…

Doug Leier By Doug Leier Are you ready for the 2024 North Dakota deer gun season? Don’t confuse excitement and anticipat...
11/13/2024

Doug Leier By Doug Leier Are you ready for the 2024 North Dakota deer gun season? Don’t confuse excitement and anticipation for “ready.” Most hunters were likely ready when last year’s season closed. While others rode the roller coaster of waiting for the 2024 season to be set, then applying for the deer license while spending time during summer months with the rifle at the range....

Doug Leier By Doug Leier Are you ready for the 2024 North Dakota deer gun season? Don’t confuse excitement and anticipation for “ready.” Most hunters were likely ready when last year’s season close…

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