Buckmasters News
2023 CRP signup open through April 7
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for its voluntary Conservation Reserve Program. Private landowners can apply at their local USDA...
Wild turkey license number increased for spring turkey season
The Game and Fish Department is offering 7,647 wild turkey licenses for the 2022 spring hunting season, 635 more than last year.
Ten of the 22 hunting units...
Biologists ask for public’s help monitoring EHD
Wildlife biologists have been monitoring an ongoing mortality event in white-tailed deer in western North Dakota.Since late August, the Game and Fish...
Two Deer Test Positive for CWD
A whitetail buck and a mule deer doe taken during the 2017 deer gun season from unit 3F2 in southwestern North Dakota, have tested positive for chronic...
Post season report surveys 2017 deer season
A total of 49,407 North Dakota deer hunters took approximately 30,100 deer during the 2017 deer gun hunting season, according to a post-season survey...
Hunters encouraged to have deer tested for CWD
The Game and Fish Department will continue its Hunter-Harvested Surveillance program during the 2021 hunting season by sampling deer for chronic wasting...
Mule deer numbers remain above long term average
Results from the April spring mule deer survey by the Game and Fish Department indicate western North Dakota’s mule deer population is down from last year,...
Turkey license numbers expand, season set
The Game and Fish Department is offering 7,005 wild turkey licenses for the 2021 spring hunting season, 775 more than last year. The deadline for applying is...
970 antlerless deer gun and fall turkey licenses available
More than 970 antlerless whitetail deer gun licenses are still available in three units after Game and Fish recently completed its second lottery drawing.
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May 29 deadline for remaining online hunter ed class
One online hunter education class remains for students to enroll and complete prior to the deer gun application deadline. Students must complete the class no...