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    February 7, 2019
    Hunter classes scheduled in West Fargo
    WEST FARGO — The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has scheduled hunting classes in March and April in West Fargo. The first set of classes...
    sports/outdoorsFebruary 7, 2019 - 3:21pm
    Pheasant numbers in North Dakota look to be similar to last year, when hunters shot less than 310,000 roosters, the lowest total since 2000. Habitat loss and declining acreage in the federal Conservation Reserve Program have reduced pheasant numbers and hunter success since the CRP peak in the mid-2000s. Courtesy photo/ North Dakota Game and Fish Department
    Tougher pheasant hunting the new normal in North Dakota
    GRAND FORKS — During last year's North Dakota pheasant opener, Scott Lindgren of Grand Forks and his hunting partners headed west to hunt...
    sports/outdoorsOctober 7, 2018 - 7:15am
    September 6, 2018
    North Dakota's summer roadside pheasant counts were down 61 percent statewide from last year, the Game and Fish Department said. North Dakota's pheasant season opens Saturday, Oct. 7. (North Dakota Game and Fish Department photo)
    North Dakota pheasant numbers similar to last year; Huns up slightly and sharptails decline
    BISMARCK—North Dakota pheasant hunters will have to work to put birds in the bag again this fall with overall bird numbers similar to last...
    sports/outdoorsSeptember 6, 2018 - 5:11pm
    August 19, 2018
    Brad Dokken
    Column: Walleye bust rumor turns out to be overstated
    Following up on rumors goes with the territory in the news business. They might turn out to be much ado about nothing, but then again. ... Such...
    sports/outdoorsAugust 19, 2018 - 3:20pm
    August 17, 2018
    North Dakota's 2018 pronghorn season lottery has been held, and individual results are available on the state's Game and Fish website. Courtesy photo / North Dakota Game and Fish Department
    One-tenth of pronghorn applications approved for North Dakota hunting licenses
    DICKINSON, N.D. — Western Edge hunters will soon be hitting the grasslands for North Dakota's 2018 pronghorn season, as the state Game...
    sports/outdoorsAugust 17, 2018 - 2:27pm
    August 6, 2018
    The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s annual spring breeding duck survey conducted in May 2018 showed an index of 3.4 million birds, down 5 percent from last year. Numbers recovered in the summer, with a July survey showing the index up 37 percent from 2017. Courtesy photo / N.D. Game and Fish Department
    North Dakota's duck production up from last year, mid-July survey shows
    BISMARCK — North Dakota's fall duck flight is expected to be up 12 percent from last year, based on observations from the annual mid-July...
    sports/outdoorsAugust 6, 2018 - 2:43pm
    May 15, 2018
    The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is offering 55,150 deer gun licenses this fall, an increase of 650 from last year. File photo / N.D. Game and Fish Department
    North Dakota deer season set, with slight increase in available tags
    BISMARCK — North Dakota's 2018 deer season is set, with 55,150 licenses available to hunters this fall, 650 more than last year, the Game...
    sports/outdoorsMay 15, 2018 - 11:07am
    April 18, 2018
    Wolves remain incidental species in North Dakota
    North Dakota doesn't have a resident gray wolf population, but the eastern half of the state falls within the boundaries of what's known as the...
    sports/outdoorsApril 18, 2018 - 9:12am
    March 26, 2018
    A total of 49,407 North Dakota deer hunters shot an estimated 30,100 deer during the 2017 deer gun season for an overall success rate of 61 percent, the Game and Fish Department reported Monday. (N.D. Game and Fish Department photo)
    North Dakota deer hunters have 61 percent success during 2017 rifle season, Game and Fish Department says
    BISMARCK—More than 49,000 deer hunters went afield during last fall's North Dakota deer gun season, shooting an estimated 30,100 deer for...
    sports/outdoorsMarch 26, 2018 - 10:09pm
    March 11, 2018
    Ryan Getz holds the 51-inch muskie he caught Feb. 24 on New Johns Lake. The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has sent a tissue sample to a lab for genetic testing to determine whether the fish is a pure or hybrid strain muskie. If the fish is a hybrid muskie, it will be a new state record. Courtesy photo / Ryan Getz
    New Johns Lake produces yet another trophy muskie
    BISMARCK — Whether the behemoth muskie Ryan Getz of Bismarck caught while ice fishing on New Johns Lake in Burleigh County is a new state...
    sports/outdoorsMarch 11, 2018 - 7:15am
    January 14, 2018
    Dustin Seamands of Bismarck (left) drew a once-in-a-lifetime tag to shoot this new North Dakota record book ram Nov. 3, the opening day of North Dakota's bighorn sheep season. The ram's horns scored 177 1/8 after the mandatory 60-day drying period and also qualified for the Boone and Crockett Club's record book. The man on the right wasn't identified. (Submitted photo)
    Two North Dakota bighorns break previous state record
    DICKINSON, N.D. — North Dakota has its first bighorn sheep entries in the Boone and Crockett awards book after two hunters in November...
    newsJanuary 14, 2018 - 6:31am
    December 20, 2017
    Mountain lions such as the cat in this undated photo have been legally hunted in North Dakota since 2005, when the Game and Fish Department offered its first season. N.D. Game and Fish Department photo
    Hunter takes mountain lion in eastern ND
    HILLSBORO, N.D. — Details are sketchy at this point, but the North Dakota Game and Fish Department has confirmed a hunter legally shot...
    sports/outdoorsDecember 20, 2017 - 5:44pm
    December 8, 2017
    The clearest trail camera image of the mountain lion on the west side of Six-Mile Bay of Devils Lake was taken as the cat crossed a trail, its head and ears erect as if keeping tabs on its surroundings.
    Mountain lion spotted in Devils Lake, N.D. leaves trail of rumors
    DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — Authorities in Devils Lake say they haven't actually seen the mountain lion captured on a landowner's trail cameras...
    newsDecember 8, 2017 - 8:45pm
    November 28, 2017
    A bull moose. The population is exploding in North Dakota. Submitted photo
    Moose population growing rapidly in 'wide region' of ND
    LANSFORD, N.D.— Moose, moose and more moose. Maybe too many moose. That was the message delivered by attendees at a North Dakota Game and...
    newsNovember 28, 2017 - 5:27pm
    November 22, 2017
    A male wild turkey struts his stuff in this undated photo from the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. (N.D. Game and Fish Department photo)
    Wild about turkeys: Hunters thankful for challenges
    Turkey will take center stage at dinner tables across the country Thursday when Americans sit down for their Thanksgiving feasts, but many hunters...
    sports/outdoorsNovember 22, 2017 - 1:19pm
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