Outdoors
Not a traditional hunt
It was a different sort of deer camp for them. But then life itself has been different since they have been confined to wheelchairs. Last weekend, Lake Sakakawea State Park near Pick City hosted its eighth deer hunt for persons in wheelchairs.
Nov 19, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Getting bit by the technobug
Getting away from it all isn't that easy these days, I guess When it comes to hunting and fishing gear, the techno-bug has hit big time. I remember when using walkie-talkies while out on the boat or in the field was a novel idea.
Nov 19, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Youngsters at the end of the trail
Half-way up the hill, I set the loaded wheelbarrow down, caught my breath, flexed my burning arms and soaked in the view. Kids No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 ran circles around me. This wasn't the scene eight years ago when I installed my trail of bluebird nest boxes in the lovely Apple Creek valley.
Nov 19, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Extolling the virtues of doe hunting: Part II
Last week's discussion revolved around changing hunter attitudes for deer hunting in North Dakota, where many hunters now live in urban areas, and along with a healthy deer herd are now afforded what's almost a sure thing for drawing a license.
Nov 19, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Whoppers - Nov. 19, 2009
WHOPPERS Lake Audubon Northern pike: Vern Harchenko, Garrison, 27-13. Devils Lake Walleye: Patrick Shields, Grafton, 11-2. Lake Sakakawea Walleye: Darin Wold, Glendive, Mont., 11-8. Lake Tschida Smallmouth bass: Rita Hein, Dickinson, 3-3.
Nov 19, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Outdoors calendar - Nov. 19, 2009
Monday District 1 Game and Fish Department Advisory Board meeting, 7 p.m., Civic Center Heritage Room, Watford City. Counties included: Divide, McKenzie and Williams.
Nov 19, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Outdoors digest - Nov. 19, 2009
Muzzleloader season Nov. 27 North Dakota's muzzleloader deer season opens at noon Nov. 27 and continues through Dec. 13. Hunters with a lottery muzzleloader license can hunt white-tailed deer statewide.
Nov 19, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Fishing report - Nov. 19, 2009
Fishing has taken a backseat to hunting in the past few weeks, but there are still plenty of opportunities to get in some open-water angling before the snow flies and the water turns hard. The Missouri River is the best bet for some late-season walleyes and, for the most part, the nicer fis…
Nov 19, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
It ain't over till it's over
Every year deer hunting brings something new. This year it was all new. We ended up hunting a different area than the country we've hunted the past 20 or more years. And the weather was just a little bit different than it was last season. I'm all for hunting in shirtsleeves, but it does ma…
Nov 12, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Sneaky killers, or bad PR?
Rich DeSimone, an FWP wildlife biologist who has studied mountain lions in Montana for years, said he has heard hundreds of stories like Duane Cole's. But he said there has never been a hunter injured in a lion attack and there has never been a hunter killed by a mountain lion in the Rocky M…
Nov 12, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Cat and mouse
Duane Cole said he felt he was on the menu when a mountain lion confronted him while he was hunting in the Elkhorn Mountains near Boulder on Oct. 26.
Nov 12, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
In deer season, remember does
My guess is that most deer hunters don't tire of the "Turdy Point Buck" tune on the radio until the backside of deer season.
Nov 12, 2009 | 2:00 am | (13) Comments
November, a harbinger of things to come
What a wondrous time is November. It shares many of the best traits of the other autumn months: anticipation of the next hunt ahead, satisfaction with more of the harvest behind, and the sheer joy of fall migration.
Nov 12, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
DU warns of CRP loss effects
Ducks Unlimited cautions that the "duck factory" of the Prairie Pothole Region is on the verge of losing even more of its capacity.
Nov 12, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Deer baiting hits new levels in Minn.
ST. PAUL, Minn. - An "unprecedented" number of firearms were seized from Minnesota hunters last weekend as illegal deer baiting reached new high levels, say Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials.
Nov 12, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Outdoors calendar - Nov. 12, 2009
Nov. 27 * Muzzleloader deer season opens.
Nov 12, 2009 | 1:45 am | (0) Comments
Outdoors digest - Nov. 12, 2009
Organizers planning fishing tournaments, including ice fishing contests this winter, are reminded to submit an application to the North Dakota Game and Fish Department at least 30 days prior to the start of the event.
Nov 12, 2009 | 1:45 am | (0) Comments
1.5 million view migration map
Ducks Unlimited members and waterfowl hunters throughout the U.S. are utilizing DU's migration map in unprecedented numbers.
Nov 12, 2009 | 1:45 am | (0) Comments
Game and Fish crackdown
People charged with violating game and fish laws could face felonies for the first time under a new state law.
Nov 08, 2009 | 2:15 am | (3) Comments
