Category Archives: Outdoors Live

Reports from the Field: Early Season Success Setting up for a Great Pheasant Season
The 2025 South Dakota Pheasant Season is underway, and the reports from opening week have been fantastic! "We live for pheasants, my family came back to town for the hunt, it was a little windy but we...
Sports/Outdoors Oct 23, 2025

The Funding For Fishing Celebrates 75 Years
By Doug Leier When I see kids balancing a rod and tackle box while riding a bike to a nearby river or fishing hole, I pause and smile. Years ago, I did that. So did my son. And it's reassuring ...
Sports/Outdoors Oct 21, 2025 Photo: North Dakota Game & Fish

Minnesota deer hunters invited to share wildlife observations
Minnesota deer hunters can use an online field log (mndnr.gov/mammals/deer/management/hunter-field-log.html) to report wildlife they see while hunting. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources us...
Sports/Outdoors Oct 20, 2025

Know the difference between white-tailed deer, elk
People sometimes report seeing elk in a wider geographical area outside of far northwestern Minnesota. Deer hunters need to make sure they can distinguish between the two species in the field. The Min...
Sports/Outdoors Oct 20, 2025 file photo: Minn. DNR

Minnesota #DNR Conservation Officer Reports-Oct 20, 2025
Weekly CO report District 1 - Baudette area Last updated: 2025-10-20 CO Ben Huener (Roseau) checked grouse, goose, and duck hunters during the week on the Roseau River and Thief Lake wildlife manageme...
Sports/Outdoors Oct 20, 2025 MN DNR K-9 Conservation Officers

2025 North Dakota Game and Fish Advisory Board Meetings Announced
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department Advisory Board will host public meetings this fall at eight locations across the state. These public meetings provide citizens with an opportunity to discuss ...
Sports/Outdoors Oct 20, 2025

Minnesota DNR Conservation Officer Reports-October 14, 2025
District 1 - Baudette area Last updated: 2025-10-14 CO Ben Huener (Roseau) checked duck hunters on Lake of the Woods and Thief Lake, and goose hunters in the Roseau area. Waterfowl violations encounte...
Sports/Outdoors Oct 14, 2025

Helping to get kids hooked on hunting?
By Doug Leier Across North Dakota and elsewhere, there are kids fishing, take a kid hunting and volunteer organizations to help keep the spirit of hunting and fishing alive. From 2011-16, we lo...
Sports/Outdoors Oct 14, 2025

Game and Fish Monitoring EHD-related Mortality
The state Game and Fish Department is allowing hunters with whitetail or "any" deer gun licenses in five units in western North Dakota the option of turning those licenses in for refunds. Hunters with...
Sports/Outdoors Oct 14, 2025

Field reports: What 2025 Minnesota deer hunters can expect this season
More than 400,000 deer hunters are preparing for the firearms deer season, which opens Saturday, Nov. 8. The season offers opportunities to spend time outdoors with friends and family, find adventure ...
Sports/Outdoors Oct 13, 2025
