If you were born after 1961, are 12 years or older, you must take a home study or traditional classroom certified hunter education course before you can get a firearm or bowhunting license in North Dakota. The home study, or hybrid course, requires 7-10 hours of online and six hours of ...

North Dakota hunters will get a chance to harvest an elk in a new unit, according to Gary Williams with the U.S. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. J. Clark Salyer was previously Unit E5, which is unmanaged elk habitat and considered not great habitat for a herd. This had let hunters with tags for ...

The 1st Battalion of North Dakota Waterfowl Brigade will be held July 8-12 at the 4-H Center in Washburn. The camp, a program of Texas Brigates, a Texas-based 501(c)(3) focusing on educating adolescents to become conservation ambassadors, is a five-day hands-on immersive learning experience ...

Tree stands, blinds, steps and other personal items, such as cameras, must be removed from all wildlife management areas by Jan. 31. Items not removed by then are considered abandoned property and are subject to removal and confiscation by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department.

I’ve said for years how nature is not rated “G.” Even in a winter like last year with little snow, warmer than normal temperatures, deer and pheasants died. Sometimes I get frustrated trying to explain to people who understand that their pet cats and dogs won’t live forever that neither ...

North Dakota’s hunting, fishing, trapping and conservation heritage is well known and even those who don’t hunt or fish enjoy the outdoors of our great state. It’s part of why we live here. The great outdoors is ever changing from the impacts of weather, loss of habitat to cyclical nature ...