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  • Rocket netters sweep M-P-B; now in COVID-19 quarantine

    Erik Gjovik|Sep 28, 2020

    New Rockford-Sheyenne took a 3-0 win over Medina/Pingree-Buchanan Monday, September 21, but were unable to play their Tuesday match with Drake-Anamoose due to positive COVID-19 tests within the school. The team, coaches and all involved with the program have been placed in quarantine until October 7. Matches affected by the shutdown also include HWC (September 24), Benson County (Sept. 29), St. John (October 1) and TGU (October 3). Schedule revisions will be printed in the Transcript when they...

  • North Dakota Outdoors: Sept. 28, 2020

    Doug Leier|Sep 28, 2020

    If you are a landowner in North Dakota wanting hunters to help trim coyote or Canada goose numbers, law allows hunting and access without permission if the land is not posted. Conversely, if a landowner wants to restrict access or trespassing, the requirement is to post the land as "No Hunting" or "No Trespassing." The debate in landowner and hunter discussions has continued in the North Dakota legislature for decades with different bills addressing the same concerns for generations. The last le...

  • Our Outdoors

    Nick Simonson|Sep 28, 2020

    Scent Checked In the headlights, the yellowing leaves of fall in the ash tree alongside the approach on the gravel country road were pre-dawn reminders of the ongoing seasonal shift. The cool air that curled into the truck as I opened the door was the second, and the third was the ritualistic walk around the pickup to the back and the uncasing of my bow for my first morning sit of the season, having previously taken on some warmer patrols in the evenings. The quiet calm of the cool darkness befo...

  • Dakota Recreation Report: Sept. 28, 2020

    Patricia Stockdill|Sep 28, 2020

    Outdoor notes: *Be careful with waterfowl species and sex identification with so many brown, uncolored birds yet. *Oct. 3: Tundra swan season opens. *Oct. 3: Nonresident waterfowl season opens. *Oct. 3-4: Youth pheasant season. *Oct. 10: Pheasant and fall turkey seasons open. *N.D. Dept. of Environmental Quality issued blue-green algae advisories for Antelope, Buffalo, Dry, Wood, South Golden, and Stump lakes, and Devils Lake. Tournaments: *Oct. 2-3: Lake Sakakawea, Indian Hills Resort....

  • ND Game and Fish: Waterfowl season now open

    Sep 28, 2020

    Waterfowl Season Set North Dakota’s 2020 waterfowl season opens for residents Sept. 26, while nonresidents may begin hunting waterfowl Oct. 3. The season for swans opens Oct. 3 for both residents and nonresidents who have purchased a swan license. Hunters may take six ducks per day with the following restrictions: five mallards of which two may be hens, three wood ducks, two redheads, two canvasbacks, one scaup and one pintail. Hunters can take two additional blue-winged teal from Sept. 26 through Oct. 11. The daily limit of five mergansers m...

  • Wetland condition update for duck season

    Sep 28, 2020

    The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s annual fall wetland survey indicates fair to good wetland conditions for duck hunting throughout the state. Andy Dinges, Department migratory game bird biologist, said the number of duck hunting wetlands are down about 38% statewide from very wet conditions last fall, but still only 2% below the long-term average. He said duck hunting wetlands in the south central and southeast regions are still relatively abundant and both are about 40% above the long-term. One region that has also slightly i...

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  • Increased Waterfowl Populations Greet Resident Hunters at Opener

    Nick Simonson|Sep 28, 2020

    A wet fall of 2019 and abundant moisture which carried over into the start of 2020 primed the pump for a successful breeding season for waterfowl in North Dakota's prairie pothole region. With good recruitment comes increased numbers of ducks for hunters headed out to stake out their favorite slough as the season starts for resident waterfowl hunters on Sat. Sept. 26. Despite drier conditions in the back half of summer, many wetlands remain in good shape, particularly in the eastern third of the...

  • Coloring Up

    Nick Simonson|Sep 28, 2020

    As the leaves turn their yellow, gold, red and brown, another change in color signals the shift toward fall. In the morning, along any given gravel road, should the conditions be just right and a recently- harvested field be available in pheasant country, it's easy to see the transition in the bird population as the newest crop of roosters begins to ditch the buff hues shared with their young-of-the-year sisters, and instead don the bronzes, golds, reds and maroons of adulthood. It is a sign,...