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STAFF BLOG COMPASS POINTS WITH BRAD DOKKEN N.D. duck index dips, but remains well above long-term average
The numbers are in, and North Dakotas annual spring duck survey shows an index of 3.9 million birds, down 17 percent from last year, but still 73 percent above the long-term average since 1948. Blue-...
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DOUG LEIER: Pheasant hunters should be in for a good season 
While North Dakota produces more ducks than pheasants, I’d guess if you asked every hunter their favorite quarry, ducks might finish behind deer and pheasants — though a lot of people are avid participants in all three seasons.
By Doug Leier , October 14, 2012
NORTH DAKOTA PHEASANT PREVIEW: 'Ph-avorable' for pheasants
Thanks to a mild winter and early spring, pheasant numbers have rebounded across North Dakota and neighboring states
Pheasant hunters have plenty of reasons to be optimistic this fall in North Dakota, where summer roadside surveys showed a 59 percent increase from 2011, according to the North Dakota Game and Fish Department.
By Compiled by Brad Dokken , October 07, 2012
DOUG LEIER: Pheasants rule the roost in North Dakota
Most hunters realize pheasants are not native and were introduced to North America more than 100 years ago, but they’ve been here long enough that they seem like a natural part of the landscape.
By Doug Leier , October 07, 2012
DOUG LEIER: Fewer deer tags mean changes for many N.D. hunters this fall
With a little more than 66,000 licenses available, this fall, North Dakota will have thousands of would-be deer hunters who won’t have a tag.
By Doug Leier , September 30, 2012
WATERFOWL PREVIEW: Another 'green light' year for ducks
Unless something drastic changes between now and next weekend, waterfowl hunters will be in for one of the driest falls in recent history when the regular season for ducks and geese opens Saturday in North Dakota and Minnesota.
By Brad Dokken , September 16, 2012
OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK: N.D., Minnesota set duck regulations, More youths recreating outdoors etc.
North Dakota’s fall waterfowl season will begin Sept. 22 for residents and Sept. 29 for nonresidents, with a six-duck limit and a change that allows hunters to take six scaup, compared with two last year.
By Compiled by Brad Dokken , August 26, 2012
Bad heart, teeth contributed to death of N.D. doe with quad fawns
It’s not conclusive, but a combination of poor health and old age appear to be the main factors in the death of a whitetail doe that gave birth to quadruplet fawns this past spring near Minto, N.D. The fawns, the first set of whitetail quadruplets ever documented in North Dakota, all died, as well.
By Brad Dokken , August 19, 2012
Fall duck forecast is rosy, but ominous trends loom on the horizon
As reported across the state earlier this week, North Dakota’s fall duck flight is expected to have twice as many birds as last year. Results from the annual mid-July waterfowl production survey showed the duck index was up 16 percent from 2011 and 112 percent higher than the long-term average.
By Brad Dokken , August 12, 2012
Overabundant resident Canada geese present a giant dilemma
North Dakota’s estimated Canada goose population this spring stood at a whopping 415,000 birds. That’s more than twice the 162,000 Canada geese tallied in the spring of 2000 and five times higher than the state Game and Fish Department’s management goal of 80,000 birds.
By Brad Dokken , July 29, 2012
OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK: N.D. deer tags, Minnesota ATV trail comments, Pronghorn numbers fall etc.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has completed its first deer gun lottery, and more than 5,800 antlerless tags remain in select units.
By Compiled by Brad Dokken , July 22, 2012
OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK: N.D. may raise early goose limit, Walleye stocking etc.
In an effort to reduce record populations of resident Canada geese, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department is looking to raise the daily limit from eight birds to 15 during the early season that begins in August.
By Compiled by Brad Dokken , July 15, 2012
OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK: Tougher AIS laws, Conservation groups criticize House Interior spending bill etc.
Under the new laws, failure to remove a drain plug while transporting a watercraft will mean a $100 fine instead of a $50 penalty. The fine for unlawfully possessing and transporting prohibited AIS will increase from $250 to $500.
By Compiled by Brad Dokken , July 01, 2012
N.D. duck numbers increase, despite decrease in water
According to the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s annual spring breeding duck survey, this year’s duck index is 4.8 million birds, an increase of 16 percent from last year and 112 percent higher than the long-term average from 1948 to 2011.
By Herald Staff Report , June 24, 2012
NDGF explores deaths of doe and her quadruplet fawns
The unprecedented birth was discovered in late May as part of a study the state Game and Fish Department is conducting in northeast North Dakota to track deer movement and mortality.
By Brad Dokken , June 10, 2012
DOUG LEIER: N.D. anglers would fill nearly six Fargodomes
I’ve remarked often that the popularity of fishing and hunting at times is underappreciated by those who aren’t active participants. A few thousand people walking through the turnstiles and gathering in one location for a concert or sporting event in North Dakota turns heads. But for the sake of comparison, it would take nearly six Fargodomes to seat all of North Dakota’s anglers.
By Doug Leier , June 07, 2012
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