North Dakota, tribe to collaborate on Standing Rock elk season
Associated Press
August 17, 2017
“The right thing for landowners, tribal members, wildlife and North Dakota hunting enthusiasts.”
North Dakota Game and Fish Department
Summer drought in North Dakota likely means fewer ducks for fall hunt
Associated Press
August 14, 2017
There’s less water to attract breeding ducks in the spring, fewer insects to feed young ducks, and longer distances for young ducks to travel on foot after they leave the nest, making them more vulnerable
Upland game numbers down in North Dakota
North Dakota Game and Fish Department Reports
August 14, 2017
In 2016, pheasant harvest down 15 percent, sharptails 21 percent and Hungarian partridge 9 percent from 2015.
In North Dakota, plotting out a PLOTS guide
Doug Leier
August 9, 2017
The State Game and Fish Department recently posted the 2017 version of the North Dakota Private Land Open to Sportsmen, or PLOTS, guide to its website. In addition to the updated maps showing PLOTS acres
North Dakota duck brood numbers down slightly from last year
North Dakota Game and Fish Department Reports
August 7, 2017
This year’s brood index came in at 3.68 broods per square mile, down 5 percent from last year. The statewide average since the survey began in 1955 is 2.59 broods per square mile. Overall brood
Boundary change, pintail limit decrease highlight North Dakota waterfowl regs
North Dakota Game and Fish Department Reports
August 7, 2017
But for the most part, season framework similar to last year.
North Dakota small game, furbearer regs see changes
North Dakota Game and Fish Department Reports
July 31, 2017
North Dakota’s 2017 small game and furbearer regulations are set, and while most season structures are similar to last year, there are some notable changes: Fur harvesters will have an opportunity to take river otters,
Boundary extension: One new wrinkle in North Dakota early Canada goose season
North Dakota Game and Fish Department Reports
July 31, 2017
Bag limits and licensing requirements are the same as last year. However, the west boundary of the Missouri River Canada Goose zone, north of N.D. Highway 200, is extended to N.D. Highway 8.
North Dakota pronghorns: ‘Numbers were a bit disappointing, but not unexpected’
North Dakota Game and Fish Department Reports
July 18, 2017
Hunting season set with 410 licenses available; two units that were open last year closing this season.
