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    January 18, 2019
    Tom Rost of Devils Lake watches his electronics for signs of fish Tuesday, Jan. 15, while fishing in a SnoBear. Rost manages Newby's Ace Hardware Bait and Tackle in Devils Lake, offering an extensive line of fishing supplies in addition to guided SnoBear trips through Lake Country Guide Services and the store, which owns two SnoBears. Brad Dokken / Forum News Service
    SnoBears a popular option for mobility-minded anglers in ND
    DEVILS LAKE, N.D. -- On the misery scale, this cold, blustery Tuesday in January had all the makings of a solid 8, with 10 being the worst. That...
    sports/outdoorsJanuary 18, 2019 - 7:59pm
    The 2019 John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon will start at noon Sunday, Jan. 27 at Billy's Bar just north of Duluth and end, probably sometime Tuesday, Jan. 29, at Grand Portage Lodge and Casino. The race is now one-way and about 100 miles shorter than previous years. File photo / Forum News Service
    Shorter Beargrease marathon will be one-way race
    DULUTH — The 2019 John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon will start Sunday, Jan. 27, just outside Duluth and wind its way to Grand Portage, about...
    sports/outdoorsJanuary 18, 2019 - 4:57pm
    January 15, 2019
    Lake Sakakawea declared frozen
    MINOT, N.D. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officially declared Lake Sakakawea completely frozen on Saturday, Jan. 12. This past open water...
    sports/outdoorsJanuary 15, 2019 - 5:10pm
    January 14, 2019
    The North Dakota Game and Fish Department will offer 607 any-deer bow licenses to nonresidents in 2019, the department announced Monday, Jan. 14. Photo courtesy North Dakota Game and Fish Department
    ND Game and Fish increases nonresident bow tag allotment
    BISMARCK -- The North Dakota Game and Fish Department will offer 607 any-deer bow licenses to nonresident archery hunters in 2019, up from 502...
    sports/outdoorsJanuary 14, 2019 - 9:35pm
    January 12, 2019
    Brad Dokken
    Brad Dokken: Time outdoors fuels sense of anticipation
    One of the many attractions of spending time outdoors is the sense of the unknown, the anticipation of what the day might bring. You might not...
    sports/outdoorsJanuary 12, 2019 - 3:39pm
    Kim Potter shows some muskrat hydes hanging in one of the drying rooms at the Potter Fur Company last week. Matt Gade / Forum News Service
    A love for the fur market: Bridgewater’s Potter Fur Co. a SD rarity
    BRIDGEWATER, S.D. — Skin, scrape, dry, repeat. It’s a rather messy process for the employees at Potter Fur Co., but owner Kim Potter is...
    sports/outdoorsJanuary 12, 2019 - 2:40pm
    January 9, 2019
    South Dakota to have new plan to combat deer brain disease within 5 months
    PIERRE, S.D. - New regulations designed to combat the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in South Dakota are tentatively scheduled to be finalized...
    sports/outdoorsJanuary 9, 2019 - 2:49pm
    January 5, 2019
    Bill Majewski examines carvings of three black-capped chickadees he made. Steve Kuchera / Forum News Service
    Duluth carver honors nature in woodwork: Bill Majewski’s wood carving hobby helps promote conservation
    DULUTH — Bill Majewski sat in the garage workshop of his home in Duluth and fired up a small rotary tool sounding so much like a dental drill...
    sports/outdoorsJanuary 5, 2019 - 3:59pm
    January 4, 2019
    In this video grab, Joe Henry of Lake of the Woods Tourism shows off the Walleye Wars trophy Friday morning during a visit to teacher Lance Sage's Outdoor Career Education class at Warroad High School. Courtesy of Lake of the Woods Tourism
    Dokken: ‘Walleye Wars’ generates ice fishing buzz
    The inaugural “Walleye Wars” between tourism officials on Lake of the Woods and Devils Lake is in the books, and the trophy went to … Lake...
    sports/outdoorsJanuary 4, 2019 - 2:50pm
    December 28, 2018
    Kelly Hepler is the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department secretary. Handout photo
    Game, Fish and Parks official says deer hunting legislation, CWD are 2019's big issues
    PIERRE, S.D. - It was in June that South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department staff first presented what would become one of the ugliest episodes...
    sports/outdoorsDecember 28, 2018 - 4:54pm
    December 26, 2018
    South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department conservation officer Andy Petersen holds an adult bald eagle that was found alive and shot over the weekend near Plankinton, S.D. (Courtesy photo)
    Poachers shoot bald, golden eagles in SD
    PLANKINTON, S.D. — Local law enforcement officials are asking for the public’s help after locating two eagles that were shot in central South...
    sports/outdoorsDecember 26, 2018 - 4:18pm
    December 23, 2018
    Brad Dokken
    Dokken: Panoptix the new wave in fishing technology
    GRAND FORKS -- I was crappie fishing on Cutfoot Sioux Lake in northern Minnesota the first time I ever tried a Vexilar FL-8 flasher.
    sports/outdoorsDecember 23, 2018 - 7:56am
    Brandon Greene of Grand Forks holds up one of the custom ice rods he made for a customer. Owner of Hooked Custom Rods, Greene makes the rods in a shop in his Grand Forks home and is so busy he seldom finds time to fish in the winter. Brad Dokken / Forum News Service
    ‘From his hand to yours,’ custom rod builder lands a keeper
    GRAND FORKS — In his quest for the perfect ice fishing rod, Brandon Greene says he never could find one he liked and that fit just right. So,...
    sports/outdoorsDecember 23, 2018 - 7:05am
    December 21, 2018
    Chip Jacobs sails his ice boat across Superior Bay recently. Steve Kuchera / Forum News Service
    Ice boating can be a blast if conditions are ripe
    DULUTH - The first thing you notice is that there is no brake. But then, after wind fills the sail and you are gliding across the ice, you really...
    sports/outdoorsDecember 21, 2018 - 1:57pm
    A mule deer buck is seen in this file phot. Ty Stockton / North Dakota Game and Fish Department
    Game and Fish confirms 3 new CWD cases in North Dakota
    BISMARCK - Three deer taken during the 2018 North Dakota deer gun season have been confirmed positive for chronic wasting disease, the Game and...
    sports/outdoorsDecember 21, 2018 - 12:21pm
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