HHUNTINGUNTING & FFISHISHIINGNG GGUIDEUIDE 2 HHuntingunting Information at one’s fi ngertips Sakakawea Country hunters have a great passion for the outdoors. There’s a reason North Dakota hunters, as well as thousands from other states, show such passion. Opening day of a hunting season is akin a holiday for many. There’s a reason not only North Dakota hunters, but thousands of people from other states, show such passion. Hunting opportunities in Sakakawea Country range from upland game birds to big game to abundant waterfowl. Hunters in the region can return home with game, wonderful stories, and countless memories to treasure for years to come. Get started by learning more about North Dakota’s hunting and fi shing by contacting these managing agencies: Hunting contact information: *North Dakota Game and Fish Department headquarters, Bismarck: Telephone (701) 328-6300; 100 N. Bismarck Expressway, Bismarck, N.D. 58501; website (gf.nd.gov). *Game and Fish Department Devils Lake offi ce: Telephone (701) 662-3617; 7928 45th St. NE, Devils Lake, N.D. 58301. *Game and Fish Department Dickinson offi ce: Telephone (701) 227-7431; 225 30th Ave. SW, Dickinson, N.D. 58601. *Game and Fish Department Jamestown offi ce: Telephone (701) 253-6480; 3320 E. Lakeside Road, Jamestown, N.D. 58402. *Game and Fish Department Lonetree offi ce: Telephone (701) 324-2211; 1851 23rd Ave. NE, Harvey, N.D. 58341. *Game and Fish Department Riverdale offi ce: Telephone (701) 654-7475; 406 Dakota Ave., Riverdale, N.D. 58565 *Game and Fish Department Williston offi ce: Telephone (701) 774-4320; 13932 W. Front St., Williston, N.D. 58801. *Report All Poachers, toll-free telephone number to report game and natural resource violations: (800) 472-2121 or (701) 328-9921. *U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Garrison Dam Project, Riverdale offi ce: Telephone (701) 654-7441 or website (www.nwo. usace.army.mil/Missions/Dam-and-Lake-Projects/Missouri-River-Dams/Garrison/). *U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Garrison Dam Project, Williston offi ce: Telephone (701) 572-6494. 3 22019019 BBasicasic HHuntingunting RRequirementsequirements Hunters should contact the N.D. Game and Fish for certain species for beginning hunters born after 1961. Department for detailed licensing information. Contact the N.D. Game and Fish Web site, (gf.nd.gov) for more information. In addition, the Game and Fish Department’s • Regulations on N.D. Game and Fish Department Upland, Waterfowl, and Trapping Guide, a Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) prohibit the use of comprehensive booklet of regulations, sunrise drones and permanent tree stands on WMAs. Portable stands and ground blinds, steps, screw-in steps, and natural and sunset tables, and an array of other pertinent stands are allowed. They must be removed by Jan. 31 information, is a valuable hunter resource. It each year and can’t be placed prior to Aug. 20. Tree stands is a hunter’s responsibility to know licensing and blinds must also have owner’s name and address or hunter education certifi cation number on them. Hunters requirements prior to going afi eld. The following could obtain an identifi cation number from the Game and information could change depending on fi nal Fish Department in place of name or contact information gubernatorial approval of hunting proclamations on stands and blinds. Baiting of any type, including grain, minerals, salt, fruits, vegetables, hay, or manufactured feed and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2019 migratory is illegal. Baiting doesn’t include scent or liquid attractants. bird regulations: Geocaching and paintball are also prohibited on WMAs. •Camping restrictions are in place on some WMAs, as • All hunters must possess a North Dakota Fishing, well, so hunters and users should check WMA regulations Hunting, and Furbearer Certifi cate and General Game and for potential restrictions. Habitat Stamp (furbearer hunters only need certifi cate). *Hunting big game over bait is also prohibited on U. S. • Duck, goose, coot, merganser, swan, sandhill crane, Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuges and snipe, woodcock, and dove hunters must have North Waterfowl Production Area, U. S. Forest Service National Dakota HIP (Harvest Information Program) certifi cation. Grasslands, North Dakota School Trust Lands, N.D. State • Duck, goose, coot, and merganser, swan, and sandhill Parks, and N.D. Forest Service State Forests. crane hunters 16 years and older must possess a Federal Detailed license information is available in all hunting Migratory Bird (Duck) Stamp. regulation guides and the Game and Fish Department Web • All big game hunters must also have a license and tag site, (gf.nd.gov). for the particular species they are hunting. • Mountain lion hunters must also possess a furbearer license. The season is for residents only. • Turkey hunters must also have a separate turkey license Daily Specials • Burgers available through a lottery drawing. The spring season is for Daily Specials • Burgers residents only but nonresidents may apply for any leftover MexicanMexican • Homemade Pastries Pastries licenses for the fall season. Hand-scoopedHand-scooped MaltsMalts & & Shakes Shakes • Resident upland and small game hunters must also 18+18+ Flavors Flavors ofof HardHard Ice Ice Cream Cream possess a small game license (unless under 16 years of age). DeliveryDelivery ServiceService • Nonresident upland game hunters must also possess a Meeting Room w/DSL Hook-up nonresident small game license, allowing for two seven-day or one 14-day hunting period. Subsequent licenses can be purchased allowing for additional seven- or 14-day periods. • Resident waterfowl hunters must also possess a small game license (unless under 16 years of age). Join us for our • Nonresident waterfowl hunters must also possess a nonresident waterfowl license good for 14-day maximum. Weekend Steak & Seafood Only one license can be purchased. Nonresident waterfowl Specials & Homecooked hunters can select a statewide license or one with zone restrictions. Sunday Dinners • All sandhill crane hunters must possess a crane permit. • Residents must possess a $5 license for the early Canada goose season. • Archery licenses for resident and nonresident white- tailed deer hunters are only available online or at online vendors. Hunters must possess the physical license and tag prior to going afi eld. • Hunter Education certifi cation is required for all hunters born after Dec. 31, 1961. Hunters under the age of Middle72 Mainof Main Street Street 12 don’t need Hunter Education certifi cation but must be (701) 463-2322 accompanied by a parent or guardian. Landowners hunting Garrison, ND on their property do not need Hunter Education. John & Judy Solem, Owners • A one-time Hunter Apprentice License is available www.yeoldemaltshoppe.comVisit us on Facebook! 4 PPlanlan now:now: 20192019 hhuntingunting seasonseason opening dates The N. D Game and Fish Department establishes hunting season dates and regulations. Opening and closing dates are tentative and could change pending legislative action, fi nal gubernatorial approval of each season’s offi cial hunting proclamation, and 2019 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service waterfowl regulations. For more information, contact the N.D. Game and Fish Department, 100 N. Bismarck Expressway, Bismarck, N.D. 58501, telephone (701) 328-6300 or visit their website, (gf.nd.gov).
• April 13: Spring turkey (resident only, lottery • Sept. 21: Woodcock. drawing). • Sept. 28: Regular ducks, geese, and tundra • Aug. 14: Early Canada goose season (pending swan (pending Fish and Wildlife Service Fish and Wildlife Service regulations). regulations). Nonresidents can hunt waterfowl • Aug. 30: Archery deer (nonresidents must apply beginning on this date. Swan licenses issued via for “any deer” archery license with applications lottery drawing. accepted until March 1, 2019). • Oct. 5 and 6: Youth pheasant. • Aug. 30: Mountain lion Zone 1 and 2 (resident • Oct. 12: Ring-neck pheasants. N.D. Game and only). Fish Department Wildlife Management Areas • Sept. 1: Doves. and PLOTS, Private Land Open To Sportsmen, • Sept. 14: Hungarian partridge, sharp-tailed acreages are closed to nonresident hunters for grouse, ruffed grouse, snipe, and tree squirrels. all species during the fi rst week of pheasant • Sept. 13: Youth deer (resident only). season. • Sept. 14: Sandhill crane and snipe. • Oct.12: Fall turkey (lottery, nonresidents can • Sept. 14 and 15: Youth waterfowl. apply for leftover licenses after drawing). • Sept. 21: Ducks and geese (resident only, • Nov. 8: Deer gun (lottery drawing). pending Fish and Wildlife Service regulations.) • Nov. 25: Zone 1 mountain lion late season, Only residents can hunt the fi rst week of this resident only. season. • Nov. 29: Deer muzzleloader (lottery drawing).
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non-hunting purposes must ask PPlotslots permission. PLOTS, Private Land PLOTS-related access Open to Sportsmen, regulations: celebrated its 20th anniversary •Open for walk-in hunting in 2017. The program provides access only within legal hunting walk-in hunting access on private seasons. land for any legal hunting season. •All other activities require written At the same time, it fi nancially landowner permission. compensates landowners through a •Firearms, equipment and accessories variety of programs – Conservation can’t be left unattended without written Reserve Program (CRP) cost-share, landowner permission. Any bait used for habitat improvements, and Working big game hunting must be removed when Lands Program. the hunter leaves. Producers in the six counties surrounding •No motorized vehicles allowed for hunting Lake Sakakawea – Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, purposes unless identifi ed with a green Mercer, Mountrail, and Williams counties – “Attention Waterfowl Hunters” sign, which grants enrolled more than 81,000 acres in PLOTS hunters driving access to harvested cropland for in 2018. PLOTS areas are identifi ed with large waterfowl decoy placement and retrieval. yellow, triangular signs on boundary corners. PLOTS signs read “Open to Hunting”. The program has been a great success providing Agreement enrollment varies on an annual basis hunter access, Game and Fish Department Private so the Game and Fish Department publishes updated Lands Initiative Section Leader Kevin Kading said. PLOTS guides yearly. They are typically available PLOTS generates interest among landowners for by the opening of sharp-tailed grouse season in mid- several reasons: Additional income opportunities, a September. Hunters should get new PLOTS booklets desire by many landowners to provide opportunities annually to stay abreast of current PLOTS acres. to keep the public’s wildlife public, and a “toolbox” The Game and Fish Department also updates PLOTS of options available through the various programs gives maps periodically on their website, (gf.nd.gov) because producers alternatives when making production decisions. acreages could change after the booklet is published. The PLOTS program originally focused on providing The guide identifi es PLOTS areas along with public access in southwestern North Dakota’s “pheasant land, such as U.S. Forest Service National Grasslands, heartland”. It grew throughout many areas of the state in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuges part because of producer interest and hunter demand. The and Waterfowl Production Areas and Department of Trust number of total PLOTS acres varies annually. Producers Lands. It also contains a wealth of other hunting-related enrolled approximately 765,000 acres statewide in 2018. information. Despite the success of PLOTS, the face of the landscape Free PLOTS guides are available at many local vendors is changing because of changes in Farm Bill Conservation or the N.D. Game and Fish Department, 100 N. Bismarck Programs. Almost 1.9 million acres came out of CRP Expressway, Bismarck, N.D. 58501. The guide, along between 2007 and 2018. That includes some previously with its maps, can be downloaded and printed from the enrolled in the PLOTS program because many PLOTS Game and Fish Department website, (gf.nd.gov). Click the areas are also enrolled in CRP contracts. “PLOTS/Private Lands” button on the right-hand side of Even so, the Game and Fish Department has a goal the home page. to grow the program as well as improve habitat on acres enrolled in the Working Lands Program. The key, Kading says, is balancing access with quality habitat for qualifying North Dakota’s PLOTS acres. LLargest Tackle Shop The agency conducted a comprehensive survey in 2017, working with hunters and landowners both enrolled and 0DULQH$FFHVVRULHV not enrolled in the PLOTS program. The information, “Upper 5RGV 5HHOV Kading described, will help the Game and Fish Department Midwest’s 6DOPRQ7DFNOH (TXLS understand what hunters and landowners alike look for in Fishing DQGPRUH)LVKLQJ the program, identify ways to improve PLOTS, and address Component &RPSRQHQWV North Dakota’s changing landscape. Headquarters” &RPSOHWH)O\)LVKLQJ'HSW While PLOTS acres are open to walk-in hunting access, (%LVPDUFN([SUHVVZD\ /XUH)LVKLQJ&RPSRQHQWV Kading reminds hunters about the importance of respecting %LVPDUFN1' 0ROGV 0HOWLQJ(TXLS private land and continuing to strive for positive landowner- 0RQ)ULWR6DWWR ,FH)LVKLQJ$XJHUV hunter relations. People wanting to access PLOTS acres for 701-222-3092 +RXVHV 7DFNOH 1-800-880-4665 6 Farmers Union Oil - Garrison YOUR LOCALLY OWNED SERVICE STATION
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1. Downstream Campground • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
2. Lewis and Clark RV Park** • • • • • • • • •
3. Spillway Pond Rec. Area* • • • • • • • • • • • 4. Spillway Overlook • • • •
5. Riverdale Overlook • • • •
6. Government Bay • • • • 7. Wolf Creek • • • • • • • • • • • •
8. East Totten Trail • • • • • • • • • • • •
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10. Sportsmen’s Centennial Park • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
11. Fort Stevenson State Park • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
12. Douglas Creek • • • • • • •
13. Indian Hills Resort & Campground • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
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15. Parshall Bay Recreation Area • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 16. Van Hook Recreation Area • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
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18. New Town Marina • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
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20. Little Beaver Bay • • • • • • • • • • • • 21. Little Egypt • • • •
22. White Tail Bay (Lund’s Landing) • • • • • • • • • • •
23. Lewis & Clark State Park • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 24. Lake Trenton • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
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34. Hazen Bay • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
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36. Brendle’s Bay Resort** • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 37. Long Creek (Chris Cove) • • • • • • • • • • •
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