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Hallock sets up urban deer hunt season

Rules are in place for the deer hunting season that will take place within the city limits of Hallock, Minn., this year.

By Ryan Bakken , April 10, 2013

OUTDOOR FACTOIDS: Devils Lake makes splash selling fishing license

Devils Lake and its 7,200 residents account for only about 1 percent of North Dakota’s population, but the city makes a big splash when it comes to fishing license sales.

By Herald Staff Report , January 27, 2013

Stay updated with licenses

Summer is short enough without turning the calendar to October while it’s still July. However, fall preparation is already well underway for some hunters with activities such as target or trap shooting, getting in shape for that strenuous badlands trip, or learning about the finer points of the latest gadgetry you just “have to have.”

By Doug Leier, North Dakota Outdoors , July 22, 2011

Licenses down, but still enough to go around

For most Midwestern outdoorsmen and women, this time of year our daydreams tend toward fishing, boating and spending time outside swatting mosquitoes in places where snow drifts covered large sheets of ice just a couple of months ago. In North Dakota, typically about two-thirds of the way through spring, we also get a brief interlude to think about fall when the annual deer gun season license applications come out. This year, tens of thousands of North Dakota men and women face a June 8 deadline to submit their name in the weighted lottery, with hopes of drawing a preferred license in a preferred unit.

By By Doug Leier, North Dakota Outdoors , May 20, 2011

State license fees remain constant

A standard instructional segment of North Dakota’s hunter education course is an explanation of hunting and fishing license fees and excise taxes and how hunting and fishing have a strong history and tradition of financial self support. In fact, we often point out that the North Dakota Game and Fish Department does not receive any state general fund allocation.

By By Doug Leier, North Dakota Outdoors , January 14, 2011

Find your deer license now

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department urges deer hunters to find your license and check it for accuracy. Every year the Game and Fish Department’s licensing section receives last-minute inquiries, including the morning of opening day, from hunters who can’t find their license. If it happens at that point, it’s difficult to try to get a replacement license in time for the season opener.

October 15, 2010

Free license now required for small game hunters younger than 16

Youth younger than 16 must obtain a free license to hunt small game this fall, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

July 27, 2010

Deadline nears for N.D. hunting license

The deadline is nearing for some North Dakota hunting license applications.

March 16, 2010

N.D. spring turkey licenses down

The number of spring turkey licenses is down 7 percent in North Dakota this year, to 6,640. The state Game and Fish Department cites poor turkey production in the badlands units of western North Dakota.

February 03, 2010

N.D. spring turkey licenses down

The number of spring turkey licenses is down 7 percent in North Dakota this year, to 6,640. The state Game and Fish Department cites poor turkey production in the badlands units of western North Dakota.

February 01, 2010

New law as of January 1: Nonresidents need Minnesota ATV passes

All-terrain-vehicle riders from other states must buy passes to use Minnesota’s 2,000 miles of trails.

By By Don Davis, State Capitol Bureau , January 06, 2010

OUTDOORS LAW ENFORCEMENT: Man charged with illegal guiding ... Illegal possession of deer charged

A Devils Lake man is scheduled to appear Monday in Ramsey County District Court on charges of working as a guide or outfitter without a license. Bruce Henry also has been charged with four fishing-related violations that occurred in June while he was working as a guide, court records show.

By Herald Staff Reports , December 13, 2009

Doe licenses remain in N.D.

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department says it will continue to issue remaining doe licenses through the end of the archery season.

October 26, 2009

Time to dig out the deer tags

A word of advice this week: Go find your deer license, and when you do, put it in a place where you won’t lose track of it until it’s on the deer or the season is over.

By Doug Leier , October 22, 2009

N.D. deer licenses remain

State wildlife officials say more than 35,000 antlerless deer gun licenses are still available in North Dakota. The Game and Fish Department recently completed its lottery drawing. The remaining licenses will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis.

August 31, 2009