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The U.S. Department of Agriculture will partner with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks to improve and increase wildlife habitat and public access for recreational opportunities on privately-owned and operated ranch lands. “Montana will receive more than $700,000 for the purchase of conservation leases on private ranch lands enrolled in the Sage-Grouse Initiative (SGI) Program,” said Rick Northrup, wildlife habitat bureau chief for FWP wildlife habitat bureau chief. “This generous grant will benefit landowners, wildlife, and recreationists in ar...
North Dakota’s pronghorn lottery has been held and individual results are available online at the State Game and Fish Department’s website, gf.nd.gov. A total of 410 licenses were available in units 3B, 4A, and 4C. Over 6,500 applications, including 144 gratis, were received. Unsuccessful applicants who submitted their application online or through the department’s 800 licensing telephone number will receive a refund back to their credit card. Individuals who submitted paper applications will receive a refund check....
The North Dakota Community Action Sportsmen Against Hunger program is accepting donations of goose meat taken during the early Canada goose season. In addition, the program will accept Canada and light (snow, blue and Ross’s) goose donations during the regular waterfowl season. Similar to last year, hunters can bring in their goose meat to participating processors. However, hunters must remove the breast meat from the birds before processors can accept them. Hunters can clean their geese at home prior to delivery to a processor, but breast m...
Opening weekend of North Dakota's deer season 2014 was really cold, but first time hunter Valerie Deicks, Cartwright, stuck it out and was rewarded with a 4-point mule deer buck. She and her husband, Dutch, stalked the animal for over two hours, using the noise of migrating geese to cover their movements. "He was wonderful," Valerie said of her husband. "He knew just what to do and where to go." Deicks shot the gun, which she had won, for about an hour, sighting it in and getting comfortable...
North Dakota’s 2015 waterfowl season is set, with noteworthy changes including a daily bag limit of two canvasbacks and three white-fronted geese. Opening day for North Dakota residents is Sept. 26 for ducks, geese, coots and mergansers. Nonresidents may begin hunting waterfowl in North Dakota Oct. 3. The season for swans opens Oct. 3 for both residents and nonresidents. Hunters may take six ducks per day with the following restrictions: five mallards of which two may be hens, three wood ducks, three scaup, two redheads, two pintails and two c...
North Dakota’s fall turkey season is set with 3,655 licenses available to hunters. This is a drop of 150 fewer than last year. Prospective hunters, including gratis applicants, can apply online, or print out an application to mail, at the State Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov. Paper applications are available from Game and Fish offices, county auditors and license vendors. The deadline for applying is Sept. 2. Applications are also accepted at the department’s toll-free licensing line, 800-406-6409. A service fee is added for licens...
It was the fall of 2007, four to five weeks into the bow hunting season, and James Decker had been bow hunting at every opportunity. It was still dark as he put his boat into the river, sharing the water with chunks of ice as a promise that winter was coming. He boated five miles to his tree stand, having chosen the location after carefully observing deer trails; rutting deer, bucks fighting each other and looking for does, mark their territory by rubbing their antlers on trees. This act wears t...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has upcoming plans to temporarily close the Sidney Bridge Fishing Access Site boat ramp located near Sidney. Construction began Aug. 24 on replacing the lower portion of the concrete boat ramp. Fish, Wildlife, & Parks (FWP) will be taking advantage of current low water levels in the Yellowstone River to improve the ramp, which currently has a hazardous drop-off at the end of the ramp. Construction on the project is scheduled to take place from Aug. 24-Sept. 4. FWP will restrict access to the Sidney Bridge boat...
