Courtesy: North Dakota Game and Fish Department.FARGO — North Dakota Game and Fish has finished its post-season survey of the 2024 deer hunting season. Over 50,000 deer gun licenses were available and gun hunters had a success rate of 55%. Of the 27,000 bow hunters, 22,000 harvested deer last season, leading to a 26% success rate. Out of the less…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota game and fish are warning outdoor enthusiasts to be aware of this year’s early ice conditions. With this year’s unusually warm winter, ice fishers are getting impatient to get on the ice. ND game and fish says there needs to be a minimum of 4 inches of ice for a group to walk on…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A wild coyote was spotted near Lewis and Clark Elementary School but wildlife experts say there’s nothing to worry about. With the days getting shorter we can expect to see more wildlife activity during the hours which are close to sunrise and sunset. Coyotes do most of their activities during the dark hours and with the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Deer bow hunting season is here and hunters are hitting the forests and fields. While North Dakota Game and Fish wants people to enjoy themselves while hunting, they are asking people to be mindful of a few things. They are asking hunters not to park on the side of roads when going out hunting, to leave…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — With a combination of perfect weather and people itching to get on the water there has been a record number of fish being caught in North Dakota. “So, we’ve seen the fishing in North Dakota turn into nothing short of legendary. The fishing has been just off the chart it’s been fantastic,” says Doug Leier, a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Days after two scrappy bald eagles were entangled in a brawl and separated by deputies in a Minnesota lake, experts are advising people to stay away from any animal in the middle of a fight. On Monday, Cass County deputies John Murray and Todd Wolter found two adult eagles struggling on Leech Lake Monday and used…
NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) – Warmer temperatures have caused lots of melting of snow and ice. Lake ice thickness still seems to remain unaffected. “We are about average and that’s just really a mathematical equation of extremes. Where we are at in the mid-part of February in terms of ice thickness and into snowpack, while it may seem that some areas…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Game & Fish Biologist Doug Leier says this season is shaping up to be a good one for deer hunters due to good weather conditions. He says the deer population is slowly coming back after dealing with drought across the state in the last few years, but wildfires remain a risk. “You might live…
NORTH DAKOTA & MINNESOTA — Because of challenges with flooding and snow, farmers are being forced to work late into the season to harvest their crops. That leaves them directly in the firing zone as hunters sprawl across the fields of North Dakota and Minnesota for the deer hunting opener. “Understanding that those farmers are out there in their combine…
