The granddaddy of all North Dakota walleyes
Staff and News Reports
February 1, 2019
A walleye collected by a North Dakota Game and Fish biologist has set a “new old-age standard in walleye.”
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Ice fishing tip: Pay attention to detail during a tough walleye bite. Part 1: Set-lines
Site Staff
January 29, 2019
There’s been a hot bite but when you finally hit the ice, the weather changes and the action tanks. Pay attention to tiny details, and you’ll salvage your trip by tricking a few fish into
With shutdown over, Isle Royale wolf-moose study back on track
Associated Press
January 29, 2019
A 60-year-old study of wolves and moose at Isle Royale National Park is back on track after being derailed by the partial government shutdown, and enough private funding has been raised to ensure the work
Judge upholds protection for gray wolves in California
Associated Press
January 29, 2019
A California judge upheld protection for gray wolves under the state’s Endangered Species Act, rejecting a legal challenge from ranchers and farmers who fear the predators will threaten their livestock. The judge in San Diego
Montana sportsmen’s groups helping shed light on little-known bighorn herd
Associated Press
January 29, 2019
HAMILTON, Mont. — No one knows much about the isolated bighorn sheep herd that calls the area around Painted Rocks Reservoir home. That’s about to change. With the help of two sportsmen’s organizations, Montana Fish
National parks relish return to business
Associated Press
January 29, 2019
John Anfinson, superintendent of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area in Minnesota, said it felt great to tell his employees to open the Mississippi River Visitor’s Center. He texted his manager and said “Roll
South Dakota bighorn ram is a world record
Staff and News Reports
January 29, 2019
Clayton Miller’s massive ram is now the largest hunter-killed bighorn sheep with both Pope and Young and Boone and Crockett.
North Dakota midwinter waterfowl survey: Canada geese numbers up from 10-year average
North Dakota Game and Fish Department Reports
January 28, 2019
It’s said that the number likely would have been higher, but the blizzard that hit North Dakota in late December undoubtedly pushed some birds south prior to the survey.
Playing the Western big-game hunting game
Tony Peterson
January 28, 2019
An elk or mule deer hunt in the Rocky Mountains or High Plains can take years of planning, so start now.
