Category Archives: Outdoors Live

Elk, moose and bighorn sheep applications are available online at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department's website, gf.nd.gov. The application deadline is March 25. A total of 1,062 elk licenses ar...

By Doug Leier Early March often creates the impression that winter is nearly over. Day length is increasing, snow begins to settle, and we can see the finish line of our annual winter marathon. Howeve...

March is the month to connect with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' fisheries offices across the state. The agency is updating fisheries management plans for 197 lakes in 52 counties in ...

Turkey hunters can now buy licenses for the spring 2026 season through the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Licenses may be purchased online (mndnr.gov/buyalicense), by phone at 888-665-4236...

Weekly CO report CO Anthony Bermel (Babbitt) attended a departmental meeting. Much time was spent this week working snowmobile enforcement with the quality trail conditions and high traffic. Time was ...

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is launching a new program to expose high school aged students to much of what goes on inside and outside the agency's walls. The Explorer Program, for studen...

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is once again offering free seed for the 2026 growing season to landowners interested in planting wildlife food plots for pheasants and other wildlife species...

March in Minnesota means the sun is higher in the sky, and plants are getting ready to come back from dormancy. When that combines with a cycle of daytime temperatures in the 30s and 40s and overnight...

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department tested 1,224 animals for chronic wasting disease during the 2025 sampling season. Game and Fish confirmed 16 deer tested positive for CWD, all of which were t...

By Doug Leier Every few years the question of whether North Dakota should offer a bounty on coyotes surfaces again. It usually follows a tough fall deer season, a hard, cold, snowy start to winter, or...