Good grassland management, good water, added border establishment, good livestock water and good livestock quality cattle. Green Needlegrass are a few of the good conservation grasses for this area. Native species of abundant wildlife is getting more essential for our increased outdoor[...]
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The Late Season Hunting Advantage
Late-Season Hunting: An Underrated Opportunity When most hunters think about prime time for pheasants, grouse or whitetails in North Dakota, early November usually comes to mind. Those crisp mornings, full stands of cover, and fields humming with activity. But there’s a quiet[...]
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Watch: How To Clean Pheasants!
For many North Dakota hunters, the work doesn’t end when the pheasant hits the ground—it continues with proper handling, identification, and care once the bird is in hand. A new instructional segment from the North Dakota Game and Fish Department walks hunters[...]
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Turtle Mountain tribe to hold coyote hunt from November-December
Coyote numbers are climbing on the Turtle Mountain Reservation, and tribal wildlife officials say the impact on young deer and upland birds is becoming hard to ignore. Now the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians is turning to a month-long incentive hunt,[...]
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A Day in the Fall with a Game Warden – NDGF – 11-17-2025
As hunting season fills western North Dakota’s fields, game wardens like Zach Shukart are logging long days alongside the growing number of hunters heading outdoors. Most are following the rules, he says, but a few familiar violations still show up each year—from[...]
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On This Day | The Full Cost of a Duck (Before Inflation)
NORTH DAKOTA NEWSPAPER editors are now bemusing themselves with calculations on the cost of the first duck of the year for the average hunter. It runs something like this: [...]Read More... from On This Day | The Full Cost of a Duck[...]
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The Importance Of Safe Deer Hunting
No deer is worth risking your life or someone else’s. Each year, firearm incidents can be prevented by following a few essential safety rules. First and foremost, always treat every firearm as if it’s loaded. Never point a gun at anything you[...]
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On This Day | Decoy Hunter Makes Miraculous Shot
A hunter wearing hip boots came up on the other side of the slough. He saw the decoys, thought they were ducks, got down onto his belly and crawled clear around the slough and [...]Read More... from On This Day | Decoy[...]
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Fewer Licenses, New Questions: A Guide to North Dakota’s 2025 Deer Season
North Dakota’s first 2025 deer season opened on Aug. 29 at noon and runs through Jan. 4, 2026. For many hunters, the “real deer season” is the gun/rifle season, which runs from Nov. 7 to Nov. 23. This year, 42,300 licenses were[...]
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On This Day | The Eb and Flow of Hunting Seasons
The Good Old Hunting Season a Few years Ago -- and Now. [...]Read More... from On This Day | The Eb and Flow of Hunting Seasons
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After Hunting Success, How to Care for Wild Game
If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably found yourself standing over a tailgate in November with cold fingers, a pocketknife that could use sharpening, and a few regrets. Whether it’s a whitetail buck from the Sheyenne River breaks, a Badlands muley, or[...]
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Watch: 2025 Deer Season Preview
Deer season returns to North Dakota Friday, November 7th, carrying with it equal parts anticipation and adjustment. The Game and Fish Department is taking a cautious approach this year, issuing fewer licenses as deer herds continue to recover from harsh winters, habitat[...]
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Helping to get kids hooked on hunting?
Across North Dakota and elsewhere, there are kids fishing, Take a Kid Hunting, and volunteer organizations to help keep the spirit of hunting and fishing alive. From 2011–16, we lost 2.2 million hunters nationwide amidst population increases. But don’t put on blinders[...]
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Plainsfolk: The Sport of the Day
Duck hunting in North Dakota has always been more than sport — it’s a reflection of who’s doing the hunting, and why. When writer Tom Isern arrived in 1992, he found the local style puzzling: no decoys, no blinds, just patient pass-shooters[...]
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Poaching Is Stealing From Hunters
Even if you’ve never been a hunter, you’re likely familiar with the term poaching. Poaching is theft, plain and simple. It’s the illegal taking or killing of fish and wildlife. It’s stealing from legal hunters and trampling on the public trust. It[...]
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On This Day | Tragic Need for Hunter Safety Training
Alvin and Gus Skurdal told authorities they saw only a small speck in the haystack, and believing they had come on a prairie chicken fired at it. Discovering they had shot the youth, the [...]Read More... from On This Day | Tragic[...]