Wildlife, shooting, fraternal and nonprofit civic organizations can submit an application for the Encouraging Tomorrow’s Hunters program, a North Dakota Game and Fish Department grant program developed to assist in the recruitment, retention and reactivation of hunters. The program supports ...

A couple of decades ago, March was typically sort of a down time for outdoor activity in North Dakota, but that’s no longer the case. With the fishing season for game fish open year-round instead of closing around the first weekend in March, plus the advent of the spring light goose ...

I don’t need my kids, wife or you to tell me I’m old. I know it. I embrace it. I’ll argue there are a few things done the old-fashioned way, which still works just fine for me. I have portable jump starters in all our vehicles. But I also have jumper cables too. If you know why, you are ...

I’ve always enjoyed my own little mental debates. Would I rather have a fast-food double cheeseburger that’s a little less expensive than a sit-down burger and fries? For me, the answer depends on a combination of how hungry I am and if I’m going to just simply chow down and get back on ...

North Dakota’s spring light goose conservation order opened Feb. 15. It continues through May 11. Residents must have a 2024-25 (valid through March 31) or 2025-26 (required April 1) combination license or a small game, and general game and habitat license. Resident youth younger than age ...

As winter tightens its grip on North Dakota, the landscape transforms into a vast, frozen tundra. Snow blankets the plains, rivers freeze solid, and the air becomes crisp with a bite that chills the bones. For many of us, it can be easy to view the season as a time to retreat indoors, to ...