hunting

On this date in 1962, Pheasants Unlimited announced the release of 750 pheasants south of Bismarck. The organization sought to support and encourage…

Deer gun season is over, but the bow and black powder seasons are not over. And the deer hunting talk amongst hunters and others this time of year often…

Sometimes I envy my companion in the fields of autumn. Angie the History Dog is, by profession and inclination both, a hunting dog. She takes to the field…

On this date in 1922, hunters greeted the beginning of deer season. Or, rather, they were supposed to. Initially, some had greeted it earlier in the…

On this date in 1908, the Devils Lake Inter-Ocean informed readers of Phil Shortt’s funeral, held the previous Sunday. Shortt was well known and liked in…

Coyotes, known in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as “prairie wolves,” were considered merely a nuisance in the days of the overland trails.…

Tensions between landowners and some hunters were on display at the state Capitol in Bismarck Thursday, as the House debated a measure that was designed…

Waterfowl hunters, check your wallet, and you will see that this year’s duck stamp - now known as a Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, but who…

Whitetail deer populations on the Great Plains, like so much of life in the region, are a boom-and-bust proposition. Not being a wildlife biologist, I…

An early opening for North Dakota’s pheasant season.It opens Oct. 7th. That’s because the Legislature changed the law, saying the season will open no…