HUNTING

Promoting conservation and saving taxpayer dollars

Protect our Prairies Act will save money, preserve wildlife habitat

By Kristi Noem , June 11, 2012

Wolves, cougars; it's a balance

MANKATO, Minn. — There’s nothing like wolves and cougars to get people worked up. In Minnesota, both topics have stirred emotions recently.

By Mankato (Minn.) Free Press , February 20, 2012

CRP and wildlife: 'Where has it all gone?'

Loss of CRP, increased crop production and looming winter herald tougher times for North Dakota wildlife and poorer prospects for hunters
After three severe winters that hammered both deer and pheasants, North Dakota is down to about 2.5 million acres of land in the Conservation Reserve Program, with contracts on another 800,000 acres set to expire next September.

By Brad Dokken , December 11, 2011

Minnesota county votes to pay $10 bounty for coyotes

Chippewa County will be the first in Minnesota to offer a bounty for coyotes since a state program allowing pay for killing the animals was dropped more than four decades ago.

By Associated Press , November 16, 2011

Private land open to hunters stabilizes in ND

BISMARCK, N.D. — The amount of private land open to hunting in North Dakota has stabilized after slipping for two years as farmers lured by high commodity prices closed some of their fields to hunters in favor of crops.

By James MacPherson , September 09, 2010

Hunter access highlights federal 'Open Fields' program

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the announcement Thursday afternoon at a national press conference that included Howard Vincent, president and CEO of Pheasants Forever, and Whit Fosburgh, president and CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership.

By Herald Staff Report , July 11, 2010

Area youths shoot 24-pound turkeys

The spring turkey hunt is in full swing, and two Hastings kids are bringing home some impressive birds.

By Katrina Styx , May 05, 2010

Sharpshooters take four of 16 problem elk in Kittson County

Known as the “Lancaster subgroup,” the elk herd being targeted by sharpshooters has been especially problematic because many of the animals are suspected of having captive origins. As a result, they were less afraid of humans and prone to causing depredation problems by raiding farmers’ crops and livestock feed.

By Brad Dokken , April 25, 2010

Tips on keeping deer from the fruits of your labor

I’ll never be mistaken for a master gardener, and it really doesn’t bother me. Beyond borrowing the neighbor’s tiller and breaking up the ground each spring, I lose interest in the garden even before the first spuds are planted.

By By Doug Leier, North Dakota Outdoors , April 09, 2010

Farmers asked to help vets in deer hunt

Wisconsin service members deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan during the 2009 deer hunting season could have an opportunity to catch-up this year.

February 20, 2010

Leier: CRP important for farmers, hunters

If I had to identify with a decade, it was the 1980s. While I was born in the 1970s and remember a few events and places, like the LaMoure Loboes winning the 1976 North Dakota state Class B basketball title after we moved there from Williston, the 1980s are when most of my vivid memories begin.

By Doug Leier , February 04, 2010

Rise of ethanol affects prairie birds

A new report says government incentives for corn-based ethanol are motivating farmers to convert grasslands to cornfields, resulting in declining grassland bird populations in the Prairie Pothole Region, including Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.

By By Seth Tupper, Forum Communications Co. , January 27, 2010

More corn for ethanol leading to less grassland for prairie birds

MITCHELL, S.D. — A new report says government incentives for corn-based ethanol are motivating farmers to convert grasslands to cornfields, resulting in declining grassland bird populations in the Prairie Pothole Region, including Minnesota and North and South Dakota.

By Seth Tupper , January 23, 2010

West central region keeps majority of its CRP lands

More than 3.4 million acres across the country was pulled out of the Conservation Reserve Program when the contracts on those lands expired in September.

By Tom Cheverny , January 05, 2010

Opinion: An unexpected bonus while hunting

Don, one of my best friends, is a farmer. Like any great artist, he leaves his signature on any given field. It may be the well thought out planting of trees, or it may be a few rows of milo down the middle of a CRP field. Last Sunday while pheasant hunting, we learned that he had taken his personal touch to a new level. After harvesting a wheat field last August, Don planted a mix of turnips, radishes, peas and lentils over the stubble. This adds nitrogen to the soil. The deep-penetrating radishes also aerate the soil.

By Roger Wiltz , November 25, 2009