This year is the 125th Christmas Bird Count conducted by the Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge in partnership with the National Audubon Society. Birders, outdoors enthusiasts and those interested in learning more are invited to the Roosevelt Park Zoo parking lot on Sunday at 8 a.m. From ...

As North Dakota’s cherished deer gun hunting season opens and closes in November, thousands of hunters end their hunting activities within the regular season’s 16.5 days. While the majority of pheasant hunters point toward late October and early November as their preferred time frame for ...

First ice is synonymous around these parts with anxious anglers taking inadvisable risks to curb their appetite for ice fishing. Is it the fish? Is it the ice? Is it the dark, still, cold, hard water peace and solitude? I’m not advocating but acknowledging the balance between risk and ...

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 online with the Department of ...

Nonprofit organizations eligible to receive big game hunting licenses in 2025 must have the application submitted to the North Dakota Game and Fish Department no later than Jan. 1. North Dakota state law provides direction for the Game and Fish director to allocate big game hunting licenses ...

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 ...