While many of North Dakota’s ANS prevention regulations are similar to surrounding states and provinces, there are some subtle differences that could lead to travel interruption or citations depending on the circumstances.
Index below 3 million for the first time since 1994, but still 23 percent above the long-term average (1948-2016) and 24th highest on record.
North Dakota Game and Fish Department offers a few simple reminders to help ensure a fluent transition when launching and loading a boat.
It’s the combined harvest from the August Canada goose management take and the September Canada goose hunting season.
For the second time in less than three weeks, a North Dakota bow fisherman has set a new state record.
Includes amendments to add rules for shooting ranges on wildlife management areas and to adopt a new section to prohibit the use of drones on state WMAs.
The number of licenses available for 2017 includes 2,750 for antlered mule deer, an increase of 200 from last year; 1,022 for muzzleloader, an increase of 94 from last year; and 245 restricted youth antlered mule deer, an increase of 20 from last year.
The trout are nice-sized, too, with more than 20,000 11-inch rainbow trout stocked, along with 800 1- to 2-pound cutthroat trout.
The 2016-18 fishing proclamation allows for the closing of the snagging season early if it appears the harvest will exceed 1,000 paddlefish.
There were 28 outdoors-related bills during the 2017 legislative session, 11 of which were passed by both chambers and signed into law.
It opens May 1, and depending on the overall harvest, an early in-season closure may occur with a 24-hour notice issued by the state Game and Fish Department.
The 2017 spring survey results show that hunting can be increased in all badlands units except 4A, which experienced more severe winter conditions and a slight decline in mule deer numbers.
In addition to the eagle language, House Bill 1204 reduces the age from 16 to 12 for individuals to qualify for an apprentice hunter validation license, and allows youth who turn age 11 before the end of the calendar year to receive a whitetail doe license valid for only the youth deer hunting season.
Overall hunter success was 66 percent, with each hunter spending an average of 4.4 days in the field.
The northern badlands population, which was hit the hardest from 2014 die-off, increased 2 percent from last year. However, the southern badlands population was down 3 percent.
Over a 10-year period, approximately $19 million in federal funds from the Farm Service Agency will be used to provide annual rental, incentive and cost-share payments for filter strips, riparian buffers, or pollinator and honeybee habitat.
Despite the heavy snow that covered much of the state in December, major widespread fish kills not expected.
This year, a record 614 archers competed in the North Dakota National Archery in the Schools Program state bull’s-eye tournament, a 15 percent increase from the mark set last year.
Anyone seeing these birds as they move through the state is asked to report sightings so the birds can be tracked.
A conditional season in zone 1 will open March 21 for hunters to pursue the additional five mountain lions that were not taken during the early season. The zone 1 early season quota was eight, and only three were taken.
Season will no longer open on the second Saturday in October, which had been the case for more than 20 years.
Anglers and hunters may purchase new licenses starting today at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department website and at more than 140 vendor locations throughout the state.
Applications are available online now, with paper applications scheduled to arrive at vendors by March 10, and the deadline to apply for the hunts is March 22.
Remaining licenses will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis beginning March 15.
Hunters may call the light goose “hotline” to hear recorded information 24 hours a day, and migration reports are also posted on the North Dakota Game and Fish Department website.
After record numbers last year, above-average snow fall and below-average temperatures that began in late November continued up until the survey, which created poor wintering conditions for Canada geese and mallards.
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