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The Late Season Hunting Advantage
By Doug Leier When most hunters think about prime time for pheasants, grouse or whitetails in North Dakota, early November usually comes to mind. Those crisp mornings, full stands of cover, and...
Nov 25, 2025 winter pheasant NDGF
Minnesota DNR shares reminders about the snowmobile riding season
As snowmobile riders prepare for the upcoming riding season, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds riders of important information about safety, registration and trail conditions. The ...
Nov 25, 2025 MN DNR Conservation Officer
Minnesota #DNR Conservation Officer Reports Nov. 24, 2025
District 1 - Baudette area Last updated: 2025-11-24 CO Ben Huener (Roseau) and COC Jayden Frank spent the week checking deer hunters, assisting local agencies, and picking up an injured owl that will ...
Nov 25, 2025 MN DNR Conservation Officer
Explore the outdoors this winter by hunting Minnesota small game
Hunting pheasants, ruffed grouse, squirrels or rabbits offers opportunities to enjoy the Minnesota outdoors as winter begins. "Winter is a fun time to get out in the crisp air and hunt small game," sa...
Nov 24, 2025 winter pheasant NDGF
DNR keeps walleye limit at three for winter on Mille Lacs Lake
The walleye limit for ice fishing season on Mille Lacs Lake will remain at three fish longer than 17 inches, only one of which can be longer than 20 inches. "Mille Lacs' walleye population is trending...
Nov 21, 2025 MILLE LACS LAKE, UNITED STATES: Ice fishing houses are pictured 03 February 2006 at Mille Lacs Lake, a two-hour drive north of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mille Lacs Lake is one of the most popular destinations for ice fishing in the US. AFP PHOTO/Timo Gans (Photo credit should read TIMO GANS/AFP/Getty Images)
South Dakota 2025 River Otter Harvest Limit Met
The 2025 river otter season harvest limit of 30 otters was reached on Friday, November 21 at 9:15 central time, and the season is now closed. River otters captured in existing traps in the next 24 hou...
Nov 21, 2025 SD Game Fish adn Parks otter
Fall Preparations Continue as Ice Season Approaches
Cold weather is in the forecast, which has South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) biologists continuing to prepare for the transition from open water fishing to ice fishing season. "Throughout the la...
Nov 21, 2025 SD Game Fish and Parks zebra mussell,
Officials Monitor Bird Flu During Fall Migration
BISMARCK, N.D. - The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is monitoring sick and dead birds across the state in response to increasing reports from the public. Dr. Logan Weyand, Department wildlife v...
Nov 19, 2025
South Dakota GFP Seeking Comments on Draft Chronic Wasting Disease Action Plan
PIERRE, S.D. - The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) is reviewing and revising the 2025 Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Action Plan. The CWD Action Plan assesses the risk of the disease for cervid...
Nov 19, 2025
The challenge of defining a hunt
By Doug Leier When someone tells me they shot a limit of pheasants, reeled in a 15-pound northern pike or missed the biggest buck they ever saw, I can't help but picture my own moments - past h...
Nov 18, 2025
