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#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)

Fall turkey hunting begins soon
The Minnesota fall turkey hunting season offers hunters a challenge and another way to experience the outdoors. Fall turkey season is open Saturday, Oct. 4, through Sunday, Nov. 2. Hunters are allowed...
Sports/Outdoors Sep 29, 2025

Minnesota #DNR Conservation Officer Reports September 29, 2025
District 1 - Baudette area Last updated: 2025-09-29 CO Ben Huener (Roseau) captured an injured red-tailed hawk and a juvenile bald eagle and put them on a Marvin Windows plane, which flew them to the ...
Sports/Outdoors Sep 29, 2025 MN DNR Conservation Officer

Minnesota DNR plans habitat management on Flowing WMA in Clay County
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is preparing to manage grassland habitat by conducting a fall prescribed burn on part of the 1,556-acre Flowing Wildlife Management Area east of Hitterdal...
Sports/Outdoors Sep 28, 2025

Cottontail numbers are booming this year
The 2025 August Roadside Survey report includes data for eastern cottontail, gray partridge, mourning dove, rabbit, sandhill crane, white-tailed deer and white-tailed jackrabbit. One highlight for the...
Sports/Outdoors Sep 26, 2025 MN DNR Cotton Tail Rabbit

#NDGF Youth Pheasant Weekend
North Dakota's two-day youth pheasant season Oct. 4-5 is a great opportunity to introduce a new hunter to the outdoors with limited competition. That's when legally licensed residents and nonresidents...
Sports/Outdoors Sep 24, 2025

Motorists Watch for Deer
Motorists should watch for deer along roadways this time of year as juvenile animals disperse from their home ranges. October through early December is the peak period for deer-vehicle accidents. Moto...
Sports/Outdoors Sep 24, 2025
