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
Outdoors Notebook: DNR elk plan comments, Tribute to Bud Jacobi etc. 
The DNR must present its elk plan to commissioners in Roseau, Kittson and Marshall counties Nov. 3 to meet the mid-November deadline for having a management plan in place.
By Compiled by Brad Dokken , October 25, 2009
Oil activity impact on Lake Sakakawea fish to be studied
Oil exploration under and around the lake has been going on since the 1970s, but activity in western North Dakota's oil patch is booming.
By Associated Press , October 24, 2009
Online hunting license sales upset some N.D. businesses
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has gone completely digital when it comes to out-of-state small game licenses this year. Venders will no longer offer the old paper method of licensing for nonresident hunters. “I’m kind of thinking our traffic is going to be way down this year,” said Greg Knutson, owner of Andrus Outdoors in Dickinson.
By Ashley Martin , October 05, 2009
Cougars reportedly seen in Dickinson area
Mountain lions have allegedly been spotted on a South Heart golf course and near a local veterinarian’s horses, but the North Dakota Game and Fish says they have no concrete evidence the sightings are in fact big cats.
By Lisa Call , October 01, 2009
Moose sightings continue in southwest N.D.
Initially, moose numbers were highest in the Pembina Hills and Turtle Mountains, Johnson said.
Johnson said in the last five years, however, the biggest concentrations have been further west, with the highest numbers north of Minot, Kenmare and the Stanley area.
By Lisa Call , September 03, 2009
More than 35,000 N.D. deer gun licenses remain
The Game and Fish Department recently completed its lottery drawing. The remaining licenses will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no limit to the number of licenses a hunter can receive.
By Associated Press , August 29, 2009
In West Fargo, a peacock pesters
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is coming to help capture a wayward peacock that’s bothering people in West Fargo.
By Jon Knutson , August 14, 2009
No 'Hunter's Choice' duck hunting regs this fall in N.D.
Trial bag for pintails, canvasbacks and hen mallards ended last fall; N.D. to finalize regulations in a couple of weeks North Dakota was one of nine states in the Central Flyway to offer Hunter’s Choice regulations the past three seasons as part of a three-year trial. Basically an aggregate bag, Hunter’s Choice allowed hunters to shoot one hen mallard, or one pintail, or one canvasback as part of their five-bird daily limit.
By Brad Dokken , August 09, 2009
OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK: Devils Lake update, Manitoba catfish tournament etc.
Randy Hiltner, northeastern district fisheries supervisor for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department in Devils Lake, said the department explored using electrofishing gear to stun and remove the fish, but the water’s salinity content is too high to conduct the electricity. Boat access also would have been a problem, he said.
By Compiled by Brad Dokken , July 26, 2009
Outdoors notebook: Mountain lion report near Crookston, Prairie chicken lottery etc.
By Compiled by Brad Dokken , July 19, 2009
OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK: Minnesota ducks decline, N.D. state record fish requirements etc.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said the state’s breeding duck population has dropped to an estimated 507,000 birds. That’s down 31 percent from last year and 19 percent below the long-term average of 626,000.
July 12, 2009
Game and Fish says carp chemical adjusted
The fisheries chief for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department says officials continue to adjust a chemical used to keep carp from making their way from the Pembina River Basin into Devils Lake.
By Associated Press , July 01, 2009
It's up to all of us to keep aquatic nuisance species at bay
Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start to the summer boating season, and fisheries officials on both sides of the Red River are ramping up their efforts to prevent the spread of aquatic nuisance species.
By Brad Dokken , May 24, 2009
Window-peeping bear shot in southeast N.D.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department says a black bear was shot and killed at a farm home near the southeastern North Dakota town of Fairmount.
May 15, 2009
Winterkill confirmed in 37 N.D. lakes
Winterkill happens when conditions such as heavy snowfall make it difficult for fish to get enough oxygen to survive.
By Associated Press , May 13, 2009
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