Category Archives: Outdoors Live

Regulation adjustment coming for yellow perch fishing on Mille Lacs Lake
Starting March 11, the daily and possession limit for yellow perch on Mille Lacs Lake will be reduced from 20 to five. This regulation will be in place through Nov. 30. The Minnesota Department of Nat...
Sports/Outdoors Mar 10, 2025

MN #DNR Conservation Officer Reports-March 10, 2025
District 1 - Baudette area Last updated: 2025-03-10 CO Ben Huener (Roseau) checked anglers on Lake of the Woods and patrolled Hayes Lake and area wildlife management areas. Enforcement contacts includ...
Sports/Outdoors Mar 10, 2025 MN DNR

Minnesota DNR recognizes lifesaving efforts of Enforcement staff, partners
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Enforcement Division in February formally recognized 18 people and one dog for their lifesaving actions during 2024 and so far in 2025. Those awarded for ...
Sports/Outdoors Mar 08, 2025 (Left to right): COs Jacob Swedberg, Jimmy Van Asch, Tyler Lusignan, Patrick McGowan, Michael Fairbanks, David Schottenbauer, Brice Vollbrecht, Michael Krauel, Shane Zavodnik, Levi Brown, Matthew Boyle, Natural Resources Pilot Grace Zeller, and COs Ashley Whiteoak and Curtis Simonson. (Not pictured: COs Michael Cross and Andrew Dirks, civilian Kevin Quittschreiber, and Forestry Lands Specialist Matt Boyer.) Photo credit: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Game Wardens Association Offers Scholarships
The North Dakota Game Wardens Association is sponsoring scholarships for the fall semester for higher education students interested in majoring in wildlife law enforcement or a related field. A...
Sports/Outdoors Mar 05, 2025

Doug Leier #NDGF Marching Towards Spring
By Doug Leier 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-roun...
Sports/Outdoors Mar 04, 2025 Doug Leier 2023 column NDGF

#NDGF 2024 Bighorn Sheep, Moose and Elk Harvests
Harvest statistics released by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department show overall hunter success during the 2024 season was 100% for bighorn sheep, 92% for moose and 64% for elk. The depart...
Sports/Outdoors Mar 04, 2025 NDGF Bighorn Sheep
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Minnesota #DNR Conservation Officer Reports-March 3, 2025
Last updated: 2025-02-24 CO Ben Huener (Roseau) worked Lake of the Woods, checking both anglers and snowmobile activity during the busy weekend at the Northwest Angle. Fishing in general is slow. Viol...
Sports/Outdoors Mar 03, 2025 KFGO file photo

Minnesota's moose population remains relatively stable
The most recent Minnesota moose population estimate is approximately 4,040 animals, according to the results of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' 2025 population survey. Results continue ...
Sports/Outdoors Mar 03, 2025 bull moose seen from aircraft in northern Minnesota

Getting Set For Spring
By Doug Leier 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 h...
Sports/Outdoors Feb 25, 2025 NDGF spring turkey

Minnesota DNR adds angling limits for several species
Anglers will find these and other changes in the 2025 fishing regulations booklet Minnesota will have newly established limits for several species when the new fishing license year begins on March 1. ...
Sports/Outdoors Feb 24, 2025 Explore Minnesota
