Category Archives: Outdoors Live

Minnesota Youth deer and early antlerless deer seasons are Oct. 16-19
Minnesota has two deer seasons that will take place from Thursday, Oct. 16, through Sunday, Oct. 19: youth deer season and early antlerless-only deer season. Youth deer season will take place statewid...
Sports/Outdoors Oct 13, 2025 photo: Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources

South Dakota #GFP Commission Holds October Meeting
PIERRE, S.D. - The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) Commission held their October meeting at the Beeler Community Center in Lemmon, October 9. PROPOSALS Custer State Park Buffalo Season At thei...
Sports/Outdoors Oct 12, 2025 South Dakota Game Fish & Parks pheasant
Historical Look at Waterfowl in North Dakota
The storied past of waterfowl in North Dakota is uniquely revealed in the North Dakota Game and Fish Department's publication, "The Duck Factory - A History of Waterfowl in North Dakota." Certainly of...
Sports/Outdoors Oct 09, 2025

Zebra Mussel Eradication Plan for Smishek Lake
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department, in cooperation with state and federal partners and local stakeholders, have finalized a plan to eradicate zebra mussels from Smishek Lake. "This decision was...
Sports/Outdoors Oct 09, 2025

Poaching Is Stealing From Hunters
By Doug Leier Even if you've never been a hunter, you're likely familiar with the term poaching. Poaching is theft, plain and simple. It's the illegal taking or killing of fish and wildlife. It...
Sports/Outdoors Oct 07, 2025 North Dakota Deer Hunter (Ashley Peterson NDGF)

Minnesota #DNR Conservation Officer Reports Oct. 7, 2025
Weekly CO report District 1 - Baudette area Last updated: 2025-10-07 CO Ben Huener (Roseau) checked duck hunters on the Thief Lake and Roseau Lake wildlife management areas. Duck-hunting reports have ...
Sports/Outdoors Oct 07, 2025 MN DNR Conservation Officer

#NDGF Order 2026 OUTDOORS Calendars
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is taking orders for its North Dakota OUTDOORS calendar, the source for all hunting season and application dates for 2026. Along with color photographs of Nor...
Sports/Outdoors Oct 07, 2025

2025 #NDGF Fall Mule Deer Survey Begins
The state Game and Fish Department's annual fall aerial mule deer survey is set to begin Oct. 13 in western North Dakota. Weather permitting, the survey takes about two weeks to complete. Durin...
Sports/Outdoors Oct 06, 2025 NDGF mule deer

Minnesota DNR completes project to sow trees by helicopter
Aerial seeding is one of several reforestation activities that take place on state-managed land in fall he Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has completed an aerial seeding project via helicop...
Sports/Outdoors Oct 04, 2025 Aerial seeding is one of several reforestation activities that take place on state-managed land in fall

Warden Stories
By Doug Leier If you've ever shot a hen mallard you thought was a gadwall on the wing or walked up to a downed pheasant only to discover it was a hen, you're not alone. I'm not advocating these mishap...
Sports/Outdoors Sep 30, 2025 NDGF photo Ashley Peterson (Game Warden)
