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N.D. Game & Fish notebook: Mountain lion No. 10 closes Zone 1 early season

Mountain lion hunting during the early season in zone 1 is closed. The 10th cat was taken Nov. 12, filling the zone's early-season quota. The late season in Zone 1,...

outdoors Wed, Nov 16, 2011 - 12:00am

Outside of wetlands with ample cover, American bitterns are rarely encountered.
Keith Corliss / West Fargo Pioneer

Outdoor oddities always pique a birder's curiosity

Just by happenstance - I call it luck - I live in the same West Fargo neighborhood as North Dakota Game and Fish Department biologist, Doug Leier. Not only have...

flight lines / outdoors Wed, Nov 09, 2011 - 12:00am

Safety first for deer opener

On Friday, North Dakota's favorite unofficial holiday begins. Firearm deer opener, with its traditional noon start, is unarguably the state's most cherished pastimes. For a couple of days, small towns...

opinion / outdoors Wed, Nov 02, 2011 - 12:00am

A summer nest of American goldfinches stands out in a maple tree once its leaves have fallen away. Keith Corliss / Forum Communications Co.

Flight Lines: Leaf drop reveals handiwork of nesting birds

Remove the leaves from trees and all manner of secrets are exposed to the world. Secrets which had been hidden for the summery months in the dappled verdant bosom of...

flight lines / outdoors Wed, Oct 26, 2011 - 12:00am

The first grouse bagged of the trip came as a surprise, bursting from behind the hunters, but it made the mistake of flying straight down the trail for an easy shot. Submitted by Erin Shoberg

Open Season: Tough to beat a Minnesota ruffed grouse hunt

As my dog and I rounded the bend, the birch-laded woods appeared to part like intricately painted cardboard props in a Shakespearian play. A stick- and leaf-strewn path popped into...

outdoors Wed, Oct 19, 2011 - 12:00am

Great horned owls are just one of many raptor species illegally targeted by some unscrupulous hunters. Keith Corliss / Forum Communications Co.

Flight Lines: Pelican colony destruction strikes a chord

Like almost every morning, last Friday found me leafing through the pages of the Forum newspaper. Separating this day from most was a story on page A7 which carried the...

flight lines / outdoors Wed, Oct 12, 2011 - 12:00am

Hunters (from left) Paul Drechsel, Jay Drechsel, David Drechsel and Kevin Drechsel converse after a morning of hunting during North Dakota's resident waterfowl opener Sept. 24-25. Tyler Shoberg / West Fargo Pioneer

Open Season: North Dakota waterfowl opener as advertised

It took more than an hour, but the first duck of North Dakota's waterfowl opener finally discovered my decoy spread. Placement of the dozen or so decoys was less than...

outdoors Wed, Oct 05, 2011 - 12:00am

The annual rendezvous at Ft. Union Trading Post attracts re-enactors from a wide area. Ft. Union has benefited from past recipient of LWCF (Land and Water Conservation Fund) dollars.

Photo courtesy US National Park Service

Making a pitch for the outdoors; lobbying on behalf of the LWCF

Lobbying. The very word makes me cringe. It connotes all manner of unseemly political chicanery from bought-and-paid-for votes on contentious issues to the unflattering influence money brings to the process...

flight lines / outdoors Wed, Sep 28, 2011 - 12:00am

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Survival 101: A compass is useless if left in the truck

For years, my father has given me compasses as gifts: pin on compasses, technical palm compasses, even a small, easy-to-carry neon blue compass with a built-in survival whistle. Other than...

outdoors Wed, Sep 21, 2011 - 12:00am

Shorebirds, consisting of a few different species near West Fargo recently, ably illustrate the flocking behavior of birds once past the breeding season. Keith Corliss / Forum Communications Co.

Flight Lines: Characteristics differ among fall bird tendencies

Consider the topic areas below simplistic. Species of different stripes tend to be scattered all over the chart when it comes to characteristics and shun sweeping generalizations. Still, at the...

flight lines / outdoors Wed, Sep 14, 2011 - 12:00am

Remy, the author's German wirehaired pointer, wears a protective cone to keep him from licking an incision caused by a recent surgery to remove pieces of a tube sock from his stomach and intestine. Tyler Shoberg / West Fargo Pioneer

Some very inopportune dog owner heartbreak

Devastated, crushed, completely demoralized; pick an adjective to describe pure melancholy and it probably fits the bill. "He'll be laid up six weeks," the veterinarian said, "minimum." By my rudimentary...

outdoors Wed, Sep 07, 2011 - 12:00am

This cicada--likely one of the annual Tibicen species--was recently seen in Red Wing, Minn. Keith Corliss / Forum Communications Co.

Flight Lines: Noise maker lives most of life underground, emergence tied to warm summer days

The first time I remember hearing it was in 1983 while living in Columbus, Miss. By the time summer arrived, things were as hot and sticky as this North Dakota...

flight lines / outdoors Wed, Aug 31, 2011 - 12:00am

Kelly Slough Chapter Chairman Matt Vanderpan uses a decoy to explain the characteristics of a hen wood duck. Submitted photo

Open Season: Delta Waterfowl event puts focus on youth

"It's going to be fun, you should come up," said Matt Vanderpan, Chairman of Delta Waterfowl's Kelly Slough Chapter in Grand Forks and an unabashed outdoors nut. I pondered the...

outdoors Wed, Aug 24, 2011 - 12:00am

Every organism requires certain conditions from its habitat, including this six-spotted tiger beetle (Cicindela sexguttata). Keith Corliss / Forum Communications Co.

Flight Lines: When it comes to the outdoors, it's all habitat

Years ago I tried looking for Baird's sparrow in Cass County. I knew this sought-after songbird was a grassland specialist and, well, there's grass in Cass County isn't there? Little...

flight lines / outdoors Wed, Aug 17, 2011 - 12:00am

The author catches a surprise while fishing during a family vacation on Minnesota' Lake Vermilion. He's smiling here, but rest assured, the novelty of the occurance faded quickly. Forum Communications Co.

Open Season: Mystery menace more than mildly malicious

Apparently they're delicious. Boiling them in a big pot with some choice seasonings and spices can be darn near heavenly. Or so I've been told. I wasn't really thinking with...

outdoors Wed, Aug 10, 2011 - 12:00am

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