North Dakota state law provides direction for the Game and Fish director to allocate big game hunting licenses to eligible ...

HuntLink is a new, voluntary program designed to help North Dakota landowners easily connect with hunters and trappers. The ...

In addition to upland game and waterfowl opportunities, there are other late-season hunting and trapping possibilities.

When Turtle River State Park in Arvilla whispers your name, it’s not just an invitation—it’s a prescription for your sanity. Just 20 miles west of Grand Forks lies this 784-acre woodland paradise that ...

What makes Turtle River State Park truly special, though, is how it feels like a secret – a place that exists somewhat outside the common perception of North Dakota. When most people think of the ...

ND Game and Fish monitoring sick and dead birds for avian influenza Stay informed about Western North Dakota news, weather, ...

They’d heard reports of a massive ram — a potential state record — living somewhere out there in the rugged terrain of the Little Missouri National Grasslands in western North Dakota, but they didn’t ...

Nick Schmitz has hunted North Dakota for two decades, and he was lucky enough to draw a bighorn sheep tag this fall after putting in for eight years. Schmitz punched that tag opening day on what looks ...

MINOT, N.D. — The Richardson's ground squirrel weighs less than a pound, is about a foot long and is native to the northern Plains. The little creature also is a ferocious tunneler, and it’s ...

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department will continue its Hunter-Harvested Surveillance program during the 2025 hunting season by sampling deer for chronic wasting disease from select ...

The state Game and Fish Department is allowing hunters with whitetail or “any” deer gun licenses in five units in western North Dakota the option of turning those licenses in for refunds. Hunters with ...

“This is an incomprehensible loss for our agency,” Knoxville Police Chief Paul Noel said while mourning the death of Gordon Gwathney Knoxville Police Department Knoxville Police Lt. Gordon Gwathney, ...