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    April 17, 2018
    Wild turkeys now can be found almost every year in Minnesota, and hunting opportunities have expanded from 420 permits in 1978, the first year the DNR offered a season, to about 50,000 turkey permits last year. (Minnesota DNR photo)
    Outdoors notebook: Public deer plan meetings continue in Minnesota, Minnesota turkey season begins etc.
    Public deer plan meetings continue Meetings continue this week across northwest Minnesota and other parts of the state for the public to weigh...
    sports/outdoorsApril 17, 2018 - 6:49pm
    Wild turkeys now can be found almost every year in Minnesota, and hunting opportunities have expanded from 420 permits in 1978, the first year the DNR offered a season, to about 50,000 turkey permits last year. (Minnesota DNR photo)
    Outdoors notebook: Public deer plan meetings continue in Minnesota, Minnesota turkey season begins etc.
    Public deer plan meetings continue Meetings continue this week across northwest Minnesota and other parts of the state for the public to weigh...
    sports/outdoorsApril 17, 2018 - 6:49pm
    April 15, 2018
    A gray wolf peers through ferns in the woods north of Duluth, Minn., in 2017. The wolf had just been released by biologists with the 1854 Treaty Authority after being trapped and examined as part of a research project. Steve Kuchera / Forum News Service
    Deer-wolf population dynamics offer fodder for debate in Minnesota
    Last fall, a Bemidji-area deer hunter's video was widely circulated on Facebook among Minnesota hunters. In the video, it appeared that about...
    news/science-and-natureApril 15, 2018 - 8:52am
    Outdoors Calendar
    To get an event in the Outdoors calendar, contact Brad Dokken at (701) 780-1148, (800) 477-6572 ext. 148 or by email at bdokken@gfherald.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursdays. Events • Saturday: Earth Day Park Clean-up, 10 a.m. to noon, Turtle River State Park, 3084 Park Ave., Arvilla,...
    sports/outdoorsApril 15, 2018 - 6:12am
    Bighorn sheep in North Dakota continue to suffer from the effects of a 2014 pneumonia outbreak, the Game and Fish Department said in reporting results from its 2017 sheep survey. (Photo/ Craig Bihrle, North Dakota Game and Fish Department)
    Outdoors Notebook: North Dakota bighorn sheep numbers decline, DNR begins public deer plan meetings etc.
    Bighorn sheep numbers decline Bighorn sheep populations in North Dakota are down 11 percent from 2016 and 9 percent below the five-year average,...
    sports/outdoorsApril 15, 2018 - 6:06am
    Brad Dokken: Deer issues dominate Game and Fish meeting
    PARK RIVER, N.D.—There might not have been any controversial issues or proposals on the table Monday night, but that didn't keep sportsmen...
    sports/outdoorsApril 15, 2018 - 6:01am
    April 9, 2018
    Leslie McInenly, Big Game Program Leader, Division of Wildlife
    DNR releases draft of new deer plan
    The Department of Natural Resources will hold a series of open house meetings in northwest Minnesota and other parts of the state this month...
    sports/outdoorsApril 9, 2018 - 2:38pm
    April 8, 2018
    OUTDOORS CALENDAR
    To get an event in the Outdoors calendar, contact Brad Dokken at (701) 780-1148, (800) 477-6572 ext. 148 or by email at bdokken@gfherald.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursdays. Events Park vehicle passes are required for all events at North Dakota and Minnesota state parks. Vehicle passes...
    sports/outdoorsApril 8, 2018 - 6:33am
    The Forest River flows through the Forest River Biology Station and Wildlife Management Area in Grand Forks County, which will be opened to expanded archery hunting opportunities this fall under a partnership between UND and the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. (Photo/ Kathryn Yurkonis, UND)
    Partners expand bowhunting access on Forest River site
    Archery deer hunters in Grand Forks County will have more access to bowhunting opportunities on public land this fall, thanks to a new five-year...
    sports/outdoorsApril 8, 2018 - 6:00am
    A tom turkey displays on a spring day. Wild turkey hunting seasons open April 18 in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Contributed photo / National Wild Turkey Federation
    Wild turkeys keep pushing limits of northward expansion
    GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — Jon Libbey has always hunted grouse and ducks and deer. But last year the Grand Rapids resident he added another...
    sports/outdoorsApril 8, 2018 - 6:00am
    April 6, 2018
    Outdoors Notebook: North Dakota Game and Fish accepting online gratis deer license applications, DNR maintains four-walleye limit on Upper Red Lake etc.
    NDGF accepting online gratis applications North Dakota Landowners interested in applying for a 2018 deer gratis license now can fill out their application on the Game and Fish Department website at gf.nd.gov. General deer lottery and muzzleloader applications will be available online...
    sports/outdoorsApril 6, 2018 - 3:32pm
    Stopping in the woods on a crunchy morning
    The previous day's moderate thaw is history. I stride along a refrozen trail at dawn. My ice cleats, stretched over a pair of running shoes,...
    sports/outdoorsApril 6, 2018 - 6:32am
    April 4, 2018
    For snow goose hunters this spring, preparation and scouting are as important as ever. (Photo/ North Dakota Game and Fish Department)
    Doug Leier: Spring light goose season could be short this year in North Dakota so be prepared
    As I type, there is snow accumulating on the ground. Yes, the calendar reads April, and North Dakota's spring light goose conservation order...
    sports/outdoorsApril 4, 2018 - 9:43am
    April 1, 2018
    OUTDOORS CALENDAR
    To get an event in the Outdoors calendar, contact Brad Dokken at (701) 780-1148, (800) 477-6572 ext. 148 or by email at bdokken@gfherald.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursdays. Events Park vehicle passes are required for all events at North Dakota and Minnesota state parks. Vehicle passes...
    sports/outdoorsApril 1, 2018 - 6:27am
    March 26, 2018
    A total of 49,407 North Dakota deer hunters shot an estimated 30,100 deer during the 2017 deer gun season for an overall success rate of 61 percent, the Game and Fish Department reported Monday. (N.D. Game and Fish Department photo)
    North Dakota deer hunters have 61 percent success during 2017 rifle season, Game and Fish Department says
    More than 49,000 deer hunters went afield during last fall's North Dakota deer gun season, shooting an estimated 30,100 deer for an overall hunter...
    sports/outdoorsMarch 26, 2018 - 9:50am
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