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Inside the numbers of pheasants in North Dakota
By Doug Leier Context matters when you are comparing numbers and statistics. After a stock market dip and a follow up recovery and the news hits with, "The market is up 3%" but doesn't tell the whole ...
Sep 23, 2025 Pheasant NDGF/Ashley Peterson
Statewide youth deer season returns Oct. 16-19
Minnesota offers a perfect opportunity for experienced deer hunters to share their knowledge and traditions with youth ages 10-17 during the statewide youth deer season. The four-day season will take ...
Sep 22, 2025 photo: Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources
Minnesota's regular waterfowl season opens this weekend
Minnesota's regular waterfowl hunting season opens a half-hour before sunrise on Saturday, Sept. 27. Spring waterfowl counts were generally higher than last year, with the full report from the spring ...
Sep 22, 2025 A large group of waterfowl takes flight from the Lake Andes Wetland Management District in South Dakota. (Courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Minnesota DNR Conservation Officer Reports-Sept 22, 2025
District 1 - Baudette area Last updated: 2025-09-22 CO Ben Huener (Roseau) checked field goose hunters and talked to grouse hunters. He gave a law update and held a discussion Region 1 DNR Wildlife me...
Sep 22, 2025 MN DNR K-9 Conservation Officers
#NDGF 2025 Waterfowl Season
North Dakota's waterfowl season opens for residents Sept. 27, while nonresidents may begin hunting waterfowl Oct. 4. The season for swans opens Oct. 4 for both residents and nonresidents who have purc...
Sep 18, 2025
Waterfowl and ANS
Waterfowl hunters should do their part in preventing the spread of aquatic nuisance species into or within North Dakota. Hunters must remove aquatic plants and plant fragments from decoys, strings and...
Sep 18, 2025
Waterfowl Hunting Safety
By Doug Leier I'm reminded that some of the most memorable duck hunts often involve more than just decoys and camouflage. They include early mornings pushing off from shore, a dog pacing at the...
Sep 16, 2025
Minnesota #DNR Conservation Officer Reports-Sept. 15, 2025
District 1 - Baudette area Last updated: 2025-09-15 CO Ben Huener (Roseau) monitored ATV activity and grouse hunting in the Beltrami Island State Forest. He also talked to bear hunters. Grouse hunting...
Sep 15, 2025
McCarthy skips practice ahead of the birth of his son
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy missed practice on Thursday to be with his fiance for the birth of their first child. Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell said McCarthy was at...
Sep 11, 2025 J.J. McCarthy
#NDGF 2025 Submit Wing Envelopes
Hunters can help in the effort to manage upland game birds in North Dakota by collecting feathers from harvested birds and sending in wing envelopes. Birds included in the North Dakota Game and Fish D...
Sep 10, 2025 grouse wing
