North Dakota Articles

An April 2023 jury trial has been set for a landowner charged in harassing a group of duck hunters in east-central North Dakota.

A woman bowhunter in pursuit of whitetails in North Dakota has an unexpected visitor to her ground blind.

Timely scouting will reveal clues to where early season whitetails are feeding. The key to success is quickly forming a game plan based on this intel.

This bowhunting video is tough to watch. Period. But it drives home the reason to do everything you can to ensure a quick kill.

A walleye weighing 16.39 pounds on a certified scale is likely to be North Dakota’s new state record.

YouTube is packed with whitetail hunting videos, and while some of it is a waste of time, other content is outstanding. Here’s my favorite one of 2020.

One bowhunter’s fascination with shooting a velvet whitetail buck takes him on a multi-year journey to accomplish a feat in an unlikely place and manner.

A North Dakota pheasant hunter shot and killed a mountain lion that charged him from thick grass.

Looking to broaden your whitetail horizons? Adventure awaits in these five destinations.

Officials in Montana, Idaho and North Dakota are on alert for feral pigs crossing the border from Canada, where the population is increasing steadily.

Based on interviews with eyewitnesses, North Dakota Game and Fish officials removed a 16-pound 9-ounce walleye from its record book.

North Dakota's "Coyote Catalog" helps predator hunters find landowners who are willing to let them hunt for songdogs.

Plentiful walleyes, pike and some of the biggest perch anywhere combine for huge fun when ice fishing Devils Lake, North Dakota. Veteran guide Jason Feldner explains how to find the best ice action.

Growth of the mule deer population has grown each of the last three years, including being up another 39 percent from last year.

North Dakota's quota for mountain lions is being lowered for the first time in a decade, though the state's population isn't actually known.

A spring survey of breeding ducks in North Dakota showed numbers still remain in the top 20 of all time despite being down 5 percent from last year.

North Dakota's continual increase in mule deer in the western Badlands raises the possibility of doe hunting for the first time in five years.

North Dakota's state agriculture and wildlife agencies have launched the fourth year of a program that connects hunters and trappers with landowners who are dealing with coyotes.

Enthusiasm for pronghorn hunting is high this season in North Dakota, with about 6,500 people applying for just 410 licenses after it was banned in the state for several years.

North Dakota's Game and Fish Department over the past two years has stocked more than 20 million walleye fingerlings in lakes in the state.

The increase is due to an improved pheasant production year last spring and a mild winter. The higher numbers will lead to a nice breeding population.

Officials are gaining new information about how fish move, how long they live and what proportion of them are ending up on anglers' hooks. The goal is to use that information to further improve the quality of the popular Dakotas fishery.

Declining habitat and some tough winters have taken a toll on deer. Deer populations remain well below management objectives in most hunting units, and a conservative approach to hunting is needed to help with recovery efforts.

North Dakota hunters will not be able to go after mule deer does in the western badlands for a fourth straight year, as officials continue work to boost numbers of the animals that have been impacted by severe winters and the region's energy boom.

North Dakota will not have a bighorn sheep hunting season this year for the first time in more than three decades.

Groups like Ducks Unlimited and Pheasants Forever urged lawmakers to spend more money to support outdoor projects.

The National Park Service is thinning the bison and elk herds in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, to keep them at manageable levels.

The spring pheasant crowing count survey showed a 6 percent rise statewide from last year.

The number of deer gun hunting licenses that will be made available in North Dakota this year will be the lowest since 1980.

Archers from Hankinson, Wahpeton and Wilton took top honors at a annual North Dakota archery tournament.