North Dakota Drought Conditions Tough on Ducks
The results of North Dakota’s annual mid-July waterfowl production survey are in and they are not as encouraging as many duck hunters would have hoped. Counting broods across many areas of the state, biologists create what is known as a brood index which simply indicates the number of broods per square mile. This year’s index […]
North Dakota’s Mule Deer Very Healthy After Spring Survey
As mule deer were hit hard last winter in many areas of the west, North Dakota’s recently completed spring mule deer survey was a success. As state biologists took to the skies above the badlands to conduct counts in the month of April, their findings were promising, seeing increasing numbers since the devastating winters […]
Two Charged in Heinous North Dakota Poaching Incident
A disturbing video surfaced in the fall of 2016 as a group of young men were videotaped dragging a deer from North Dakota’s Cannonball River and violently stabbing and suffocating it to death. The video depicts six or seven men participating in the unsettling event which sparked outrage across both the hunting and non-hunting […]
Two North Dakota Deer Test Positive for CWD
A mule deer doe and a mule deer buck taken during the 2016 deer gun season from unit 3F2 in southwestern North Dakota have tested positive for chronic wasting disease, according to Dr. Dan Grove, wildlife veterinarian for the State Game and Fish Department. Since 2009, the total now stands at nine deer to test […]
N.D. Wildlife Officials Concerned About Harsh Winter’s Effects on Wildlife
Just eleven days into the month of January and the state of North Dakota has already been subject to frigid temperatures and heavy snowfall. “We’re close to being on pace with the winters of 1996-97 and 2008-09, and when you mention those two years, I just cringe because they were bad for wildlife,” Terry […]
Group of Teens Stab and Suffocate Whitetail – North Dakota Officials Looking for Information
During the fall of 2016 a disturbing video surfaced depicting a group of teens who had spotted a whitetail buck in the Cannonball River. The young men then proceeded to drag the deer out of the water and violently stab it a number of times until it died. The shocking video was just recently […]
North Dakota Confirms First Wolverine in Nearly 150 Years
A ranch hand near Alexander, North Dakota shot and killed an adult male wolverine after finding the animal surrounded by cows in a calving pasture. After the kill, Jared Hatter posted the photos of the animal to his Facebook profile. While the state of North Dakota has no breeding population of wolverines, a state […]
North Dakota’s Mule Deer Populations on the Rise
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department recently released the results from its annual spring mule deer survey earlier this month and populations are growing to the tune of an increase of 21 percent. The annual survey takes place each spring and is used primarily to assess the abundance of mule deer in the badlands. […]