North Dakota
Update on moose, elk and bighorn sheep populations and once-in-a-lifetime hunting licenses
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BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – North Dakota’s moose, elk and bighorn sheep license applications are due March 27.
A moose, elk or bighorn sheep hunting license is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in North Dakota if you get drawn.
There will be more opportunities for hunters looking to harvest an elk in 2024.
“We increased them by 230 licenses. And so, most of that was up in the northeast. So, the total number of licenses for elk this year will be 833,” said Casey Anderson, wildlife division chief for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department.
There will be a few less moose licenses available for hunters in 2024.
“So, moose in the state have done really well, especially out in the prairies. The northeast corner of the state, we still have the units that are closed to moose hunting. But for the rest of the state, they’re doing fairly well. And we’ve actually tried to increase the tags to the point where moose numbers come down. And so, this year we reduced the moose licenses by 15 because we are starting to put that downward trend on the population. And so, we’re to a total of 242 this year,” said Anderson.
Bighorn sheep populations in North Dakota in the last few years are doing pretty well.
“So, when you apply for bighorn sheep, we don’t give the results out until later in the summer. And that’s because we go out and we’re counting bighorn sheep, we’re classifying rams, trying to determine how many are available for hunters. And it’s usually a pretty small number, we’re only talking five, six licenses. So, we’re out there watching those, making sure that there isn’t a pneumonia outbreak that sometimes can occur,” said Anderson.
There are ways of improving your odds of getting drawn for a moose or elk license in North Dakota.
“If you wanted to just, say, hunt an elk or hunt a moose in North Dakota, our antlerless licenses are a pretty high draw rate compared to the antlered ones, obviously, those are the coveted ones that a lot of people are after. But sometimes you can be up in the 50-plus percent chance of drawing. Those aren’t the easiest hunts either. The antlerless hunts are sometimes harder than the bull hunts and any of those hunts can be very physically demanding,” said Anderson.
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North Dakota
Homemade canoe returns to Fur Traders Rendezvous at the ND State Fair
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MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) – One of the highlights of every North Dakota State Fair is the Fur Traders Rendezvous.
A familiar face returned this year, along with a canoe he made at the fair several years ago.
The rendezvous brings fairgoers back to the time of the fur traders.
Those who take part in the rendezvous live, and even sleep, on the grounds for the duration of the fair.
Jeremy Duckwitz, who is referred to as the ‘brain tanner,’ said he carved a canoe out of a giant log back in 2016.
He said it took him all nine days of the fair, working eight hours a day to carve it.
He brought the canoe back to the fair this year to seal the cracks with his team and have it on display.
“This year I got around to sealing all the cracks with beeswax. There was a larger crack we sealed with pine pitch and wood shavings, and then the rest of it’s all linseed oil so it’s all ready to float down the Missouri River,” said Duckwitz.
Duckwitz said he plans on taking the canoe out on the river in the coming weeks.
The rendezvous is across from the state fair center on the north end of the grounds.
They’ll be open through Saturday.
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North Dakota
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