ND GAME AND FISH
STAFF BLOG COMPASS POINTS WITH BRAD DOKKEN North Dakota pheasant numbers take healthy jump
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department had good news for pheasant hunters today when it announced that populations and brood production this spring were much improved from last year. That means ...
Posted on 9/19/12 at 3:40 PM
N.D. officials expect worst pheasant year since 2001 
Fewer pheasants mean hunters in North Dakota could bag fewer than half a million roosters for the first time in a decade, state officials said.
By Associated Press , September 12, 2011
Remaining N.D. deer tags to be available Sept. 14
More than 8,000 antlerless deer licenses, including almost 1,100 in Unit 2C north and west of Grand Forks, are still available after the third and final lottery drawing, according to the North Dakota Game and Fish.
By N.D. Game and Fish Department , September 02, 2011
Disease spread by midges might have caused western N.D. deer deaths
The state has not had significant deer deaths from the disease known as EHD since 2005, but biologists believe the disease that's spread by midges might be responsible for recent deer deaths in McKenzie, Hettinger, Slope and Golden Valley counties.
By Associated Press , August 31, 2011
N.D. landowners looking to host doe hunters
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is working with 30 landowners in 19 hunting units across the state who would like to host antlerless deer hunters this fall. The list of landowners has nearly 350 openings for doe hunters.
By N.D. Game and Fish Department , August 19, 2011
NDGF begins assessing Missouri River boat ramps
As the Missouri River recedes, North Dakota Game and Fish Department officials expect many boat ramps will require substantial work before they are useable.
By N.D. Game and Fish Department , August 19, 2011
Longtime N.D. wildlife administrator retires
A longtime administrator with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department has called it a career.
By Associated Press , August 17, 2011
Missouri River boat ramp work beginning soon in North Dakota
he North Dakota Game and Fish Department says many boat ramps are likely to require substantial repairs after the flooded Missouri River recedes.
By Associated Press , August 17, 2011
Fish populations rebounding in lakes Sakakawea, Oahe
A state fisheries says the drought years of the early 2000s hurt the fish populations in the Missouri River reservoirs because low water reduced spawning habitat and the forage base.
By Associated Press , August 10, 2011
Navigation beacons being removed at Lake Sakakawea
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department over the next two summers will be removing about a dozen navigation light structures along Lake Sakakawea's shoreline. They've been there for decades.
By Associated Press , May 23, 2011
N.D. bighorn hunting license sells for $41,000
North Dakota has auctioned a bighorn license each year since 1986 to fund sheep management in the state, raising nearly $900,000. Last year's license sold for $35,000.
By Associated Press , March 19, 2011
No more North Dakota deer test positive for CWD
A mule deer killed in the south central part of the state tested positive late last year for the fatal disease. It was the state's second CWD case, following one in the same region in 2009.
By Associated Press , February 18, 2011
Two hunters struck by pellets, injured in southwest N.D.
Though the incidents were unrelated, both "happened at exactly the same time -- 10 a.m.," said Dan Hoenke, regional warden supervisor for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. "Right basically in line with each other on the county line."
By Ashley Martin , October 10, 2010
N.D. fall duck flight expected to increase sharply
The state Game and Fish Department says the estimate is based on a May breeding duck survey and a mid-July brood survey.
By Associated Press , August 10, 2010
Rainbow trout being stocked in N.D. waters
State wildlife officials are stocking about 59,000 rainbow trout in more than 55 North Dakota waters, including the Missouri River.
By Associated Press , May 18, 2010
Average fish kill during N.D.'s winter, surveys show
Fish in most of North Dakota's lakes appear to have survived a rugged winter, compared with a massive die-off the winter before.
By James MacPherson , April 30, 2010
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