DOUG LEIER
NORTH DAKOTA OUTDOORS AND BEYOND May Highlights Safe Boating
A public awareness campaign held annually in May emphasizes the need for boaters to wears life jackets. Nancy Boldt, boat and water safety coordinator for the North Dakota Game and Fish Depar...
Posted on 5/22/13 at 9:18 AM
IT'S GOOD TO BE IN ND Happy thoughts for fall
I learned two truly awesome things today, thanks a great deal to Doug Leier. 1. You can find out on N.D. Game & Fish's website if you have a deer tag coming your way. 2. There's an any a...
Posted on 7/2/10 at 11:13 AM
Mathematic scenarios
Even though I couldn’t squeak more than a “C” out of college calculus, I’ve always enjoyed thinking through complex questions. It’s the easy ones that sometimes seem to trip me up.
By Doug Leier , August 09, 2012
Summer quickly turns to school year
Even if you don’t have kids in school, the circadian rhythm, as I refer to it, is evident.
By Doug Leier , August 02, 2012
Fishing activity hitting its peak season
Even though fishing season is open year-round in North Dakota, judging by phone calls and emails, the month of July should see a good share of fishing activity.
By Doug Leier , July 12, 2012
Ducks Unlimited marking 75 years in ND
With all due respect to a few other short-term bridges between college and my first real job, for all practical purposes Ducks Unlimited, private lands biologist, is still the first official business card bearing my information.
By Doug Leier , July 05, 2012
Save Our Lakes working wonders
With all due respect to the big boys of North Dakota fishing — the Missouri River, Lake Oahe, Lake Sakakawea and Devils Lake — I’ve always smiled a bit bigger while landing a fish in the hundreds of “Mom and Pop” fisheries of our home state.
By Doug Leier , June 28, 2012
Use safety precautions during water recreation
Over the course of nearly two decades, I’ve taught and assisted in dozens and dozens of hunter education or boat and water safety classes. My favorite part of any event is the question and answer or open session wrapping up the event.
By Doug Leier , June 21, 2012
People are crossing ND border to go fishing
Even with gas prices hovering between $3 and $4 a gallon, I see trucks towing boats moving across North Dakota on a regular basis.
By Doug Leier , June 14, 2012
Personal watercraft licenses increase by the thousands
No matter where in North Dakota you call home, finding a place to wet a line is not too far away.
By Doug Leier , May 31, 2012
Fishing isn’t the only thing on people’s mind
It’s not even June, but the chatter along river banks, fishing piers, boat landings and bait shops isn’t just about where the fish are biting or the big one that got away. In fact, every year around the backside of May there’s almost as much talk about deer season.
By Doug Leier , May 24, 2012
ND deer licenses take hit
North Dakota’s lower deer and pheasant populations in recent years have generated many discussions. In terms of recent history the numbers are smaller, but compare the deer license allocation from the 1970s or pheasant harvest numbers from the early 1980s, and hunters have a little more to consider.
By Doug Leier , May 17, 2012
New fishing license is needed
It’s hard to believe when I glance at the calendar that it’s May, and not June or maybe July.
By Doug Leier , May 10, 2012
Best time to fish is any free time
I’m the first to admit I’m not a professional angler. When it comes to tips and tactics on how to land a lunker walleye or fill a stringer in short order, I’ve got more questions than answers.
By Doug Leier , May 03, 2012
Spring brings pike spawning
As far as I can tell, few people are complaining out loud about the early arrival of spring in 2012.
By Doug Leier , April 26, 2012
Year-round fishing seasons are well received by anglers
Each week I close my column with my contact email information. Later, when the inbox dings to signal a new message has arrived, I’m never certain what the pretense for the email is, but I do enjoy the electronic communication.
By Doug Leier , April 19, 2012
Silver carp new ND nuisance
Last fall, an angler caught a silver carp in North Dakota’s portion of the James River near LaMoure.
By Doug Leier , April 12, 2012
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