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Mille Lacs Lake walleye limit increases from 2 to 3 on Aug. 23
The walleye limit on Mille Lacs Lake will increase from two to three beginning Saturday, Aug. 23, and continuing through Sunday, Nov. 30. The size limit - which allows anglers to harvest fish 17 inche...
Sports/Outdoors Aug 20, 2025

Hunters urged not to shoot ear-tagged, radio-collared research bears
Collared bears provide important data to inform management decisions The Minnesota bear hunting season opens Monday, Sept. 1, and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is once again asking hun...
Sports/Outdoors Aug 20, 2025 Black bear (MN DNR)

2025 #NDGF Concurrent Season Deer Licenses
Hunters can purchase additional, concurrent season deer licenses Aug. 20 at 8 a.m. Central time on the North Dakota Game and Fish Department's website, gf.nd.gov. There is no limit on the number of co...
Sports/Outdoors Aug 19, 2025 Ashley Peterson NDGF Deer Hunting Photo Credit

An Early Look At Fall Pheasant Numbers
By Doug Leier As September settles in and we inch closer to fall, some hunters have enjoyed August goose hunting, the opening of archery deer and dove hunting. For anxious October pheasant hunt...
Sports/Outdoors Aug 19, 2025 NDGF pheasant 2025 Ashley Peterson

Minnesota #DNR Conservation Officer Reports August 18, 2025
Weekly CO report District 1 - Baudette area Last updated: 2025-08-18 CO Ben Huener (Roseau) started field training recent academy graduate COC Jayden Frank. Time was spent checking anglers on Lake of ...
Sports/Outdoors Aug 18, 2025

2025 #NDGF Fall Turkey Season Set
The fall turkey season is set with 4,310 licenses available to hunters, 235 less than last year. One of the 21 hunting units has more licenses than last year, eight have fewer licenses and 12 units re...
Sports/Outdoors Aug 18, 2025

2025 #NDGF PLOTS Guide Online
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department's Private Land Open To Sportsmen Guide for 2025 is available online at the Game and Fish website, gf.nd.gov. The guide will feature about 880,000 PLOTS acres....
Sports/Outdoors Aug 13, 2025

Wild rice season opens soon, but harvesters must ensure rice is ripe
As the Aug. 15 wild rice season opening date approaches, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds harvesters that rice stands must be ripe before they can be legally harvested. "The green...
Sports/Outdoors Aug 13, 2025 Hay Point Wildlife Management Area, Moose Lake, wild rice

Pronghorn Lottery Held
North Dakota's pronghorn lottery has been held and all 1,305 licenses were issued. In total, 16,488 applications were received, including 837 gratis applications.
Sports/Outdoors Aug 12, 2025 NDGF Pronghorn

Explaining the difference in survey numbers
By Doug Leier When you hear terms like wildlife survey, census, or index, it might sound like three ways to say the same thing, but there are key differences, especially in how we at the North ...
Sports/Outdoors Aug 12, 2025 NDGF Ashley Peterson Blue Winged Teal ducks
