DOUG LEIER
NORTH DAKOTA OUTDOORS AND BEYOND paddlefish update
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department announced that the state's 2013 paddlefish snagging season will close to any additional harvest at 10 p.m. Central Daylight Time, Friday, May 17, to protect t...
Posted on 5/17/13 at 8:47 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
Numbers, stats on deer season survey
I’ve never been much of a numbers guy, which is evidenced by my grades in calculus, statistics and about any college math course I took. But just because I wasn’t adept at crunching them, doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate the work of those who can mold statistics into usable data.
By Doug Leier , December 01, 2011
Mild fall produces good numbers
Each year without even having to review, I can count on a few standard column topics finding their way onto my screen, like spring fishing, deer season questions and answers, and the pheasant outlook.
By Doug Leier , November 23, 2011
Tips for taking care of carcass
Each year it seems I somehow wind up as part of a large number of hunters who receive a recycled email joke about making beef taste like venison.
By Doug Leier , November 10, 2011
ND deer hunting spans 80 years
Eighty years ago, during the fall of 1931, Herbert Hoover was president, the Dick Tracy comic strip debuted, and what is often considered the beginning of North Dakota’s modern day deer season began.
By Doug Leier , November 03, 2011
New season, same questions
For more than a decade I’ve searched for column topics, but each year as deer season approaches the same questions arise, and the answers bear repeating:
By Doug Leier , October 27, 2011
A safe hunt is a successful hunt
North Dakota hunters have it pretty good. While a lot of conversations this fall relate to somewhat lower deer and pheasant populations, our wildlife numbers are still high compared to a few decades ago, when hunters applied for a first-drawing doe license just to have a chance to hunt in November, and a single morning rooster was something to crow about.
By Doug Leier , October 20, 2011
Hunters travel to favorite spots
I live in a great neighborhood. While most people think their neighborhood is the best, I know mine is.
By Doug Leier , October 13, 2011
Hunters have specific routines
Every day after my alarm goes off, my first order of business is to start the coffee. And no matter what time I turn in at night, the last step is to double-check to make sure the doors are locked and the kids are tucked in.
By Doug Leier , October 06, 2011
October hunting brings excitement
Most kids grow up looking forward to the Christmas season. Even before Thanksgiving turkey is served they are counting the days before they can open their share of the wrapped boxes beneath the tree.
By Doug Leier , September 29, 2011
PLOTS program aiding hunters
Over the past two decades the North Dakota Game and Fish Department has emphasized wildlife habitat enhancement and hunting access on private land through its Private Land Initiative.
By Doug Leier , September 22, 2011
Hunters out number Wardens
Over the course of a career, a game warden interacts with thousands of hunters, anglers, trappers and other outdoor participants.
Most of these interactions are positive experiences, with the warden verifying that people have the proper licenses and equipment, and haven’t taken more game or fish than the law allows.
By Doug Leier , September 15, 2011
Walleye numbers up, increase in smelt
Last week we walked through the challenges that wildlife face in responding to floods.
By Doug Leier , September 08, 2011
Flooding aftermath helps find normalcy
You don’t have to live in Minot, Bismarck, Jamestown, Fargo, Valley City or Devils Lake to have battled through drifts of snow and waves of floods through the past several months.
By Doug Leier , September 01, 2011
No hunting sage grouse in 2011
For the fourth year in a row, North Dakota will not hold a sage grouse hunting season in 2011.
By Doug Leier , August 25, 2011
More CRP into cropland
It’s August and even with early goose open, I’m still thinking of some numbers I filed away earlier this summer that concern me a little more than how the local football team will break camp.
By Doug Leier , August 18, 2011
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