Fall walleye fishing tip: Go aggressive to target bigger fish
Use electronics to scan steep breaks to locate baitfish and predators, then make sure to follow them as they switch depths during changing light conditions.
The celebrated leaping trout of Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska
Fish long enough and you’ll acquire some classic, albeit bizarre, fishing stories. The author added one to his collection this fall.
Standing crops aside, increased harvest predicted for Iowa pheasant season
Thousands of hunters in blaze orange will take to the fields when Iowa’s pheasant season opens Oct. 27. And with the second highest pheasant population in a decade, hunters can afford to be optimistic.
Montana bowhunter injured in grizzly bear attack
The hunter and his partner were in the Beattie Gulch area and surprised a sow and cub at very close range. The sow charged.
North Dakota fall fish survey: 'Young-of-the-year' walleye size, abundance reason for optimism
Lake Sakakawea had the eighth highest catch of young-of-the-year walleye on record. And Devils Lake saw fair to good numbers of walleye, with the catch close to average even though Game and Fish didn’t stock any walleye in the fishery this year.
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BREAKING NEWS: Fresh Water Fishing Hall to induct 11
Two Minnesotans and, in all, four from the Great Lakes region lead the way.
'We’re here to help ladies with their first upland hunting experience'
In North Dakota, pheasant hunting opportunities available this fall for women to engage their peers in the field.
Old growth could be key for native songbird species
Hotter, drier summers are having an impact on some of the migrating songbirds that come to Oregon and Washington to breed each spring.
North Dakota cuts bighorn licenses again as disease persists
North Dakota's Game and Fish Department is issuing only three bighorn sheep hunting licenses this year because the western Badlands population is still dealing with a deadly bacterial pneumonia outbreak.
Fall fishing tips - techniques to catch suspended autumn crappie
With water temps dropping, crappies are munching on minnows. Use your electronics to locate schools of suspended slabs, then find what triggers bites.
Judge's ruling puts Yellowstone grizzlies back on endangered list
Ruling nixes planned hunts in Wyoming and Idaho this fall.
Anticipating the first upland bird hunt of autumn 2018
It’s been eight months or more since you hunted grouse or woodcock, so cut yourself and your canine companion some slack while working out the early season kinks.
In Oregon, attack prompts questions on whether to kill more cougars
Hunters say they've seen the problem coming for years, ever since a ballot initiative in 1994 outlawed the use of hounds to hunt cougars.
Top locations for birding during the autumn migration
The fall season has reached a fever pitch for bird-watchers, and even a little time afield via these simple, accessible spots can produce action for your life list.
CWD reaches beyond U.S. borders and, for first time, into Quebec
Wildlife officials in neighboring Vermont on alert after confirmation in a captive red deer herd in the Canadian province.
New hunting tool? Air rifles have hit the big time
When states begin legalizing air rifles – and they will – for big game, these modern guns will become legitimate options for pursuing deer and other species.
Minnesotan Scot Storm wins second Federal Duck Stamp Contest
Painting of a wood duck drake from the Freeport-based artist will appear on 2019-2020 federal migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp.
Researchers: More than 4 billion birds stream overhead during fall migration
Fewer birds return to their breeding grounds after going through fall migration and spending months on their wintering grounds. But the researchers were surprised to find that the migrants arriving across the U.S. southern border had an average return rate of 76 percent during the 5 years of the study (2013 to 2017) and the birds wintering in the U.S. had only an average return rate of 64 percent.
Pheasant numbers down again ahead of North Dakota hunting season
Pheasant production last year was at its lowest level in two decades, dramatically reducing the number of adult birds nesting earlier this year. While the dry conditions eased this summer and pheasant brood sizes were up from 2017, the estimated population still dropped 2 percent from last year.
U.S. judge delays decision on grizzly bear hunts for two more weeks
Up to 23 bears could be killed in the hunts planned in Wyoming and Idaho. Judge already delayed them once, in an order that came two days before grizzly season was set to open Sept. 1.
North Dakota sharptails: 'Hunters will see significantly lower numbers of grouse statewide'
Pheasant and partridge numbers similar to last year, according to roadside surveys.
Millions in grants OK'd for wetlands, waterfowl conservation, access to public lands
The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission approved $23.8 million in grants for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners to conserve or restore almost 135,000 acres of wetland and associated upland habitats for waterfowl, shorebirds and other birds in 17 states.
Focus of North Dakota walleye stocking is on smaller lakes
There are more than 50 new lakes in North Dakota in which the walleye population is still getting established.
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