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December 2025 Edition

COLUMNISTS

Anticapating Good Winter Fishing by Jon Mitzel

A Special Christmas by Bill Antonides

"Get away from my house!" by Jason Mitchell

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas by John Pollman

Dakota Recipe's — A nice holiday mix by Peggy Hankey

DEPARTMENTS

South Dakota Fisheries; 2025-2026 Ice Fishing Forecast by Brian Blackwell, Fisheries Biologist, Webster, South Dakota

Missouri River Report; Fall runoff continues below average by USACE

Dakota Recall — March 1988; Locked to Death! Hunters discover struggling deer

Gadget Corner — Holiday Gift Ideas by Mort Bank

Look Who's Talking

Dakota Digest — Capitol Lake opens to ice fishing — Certified Wildlife Habitat — SD Game, Fish and Parks November Meeting •

FEATURES

Western North Dakota — North Dakota Badlands Honored

CRP In Danger by Brad Johnson

Hunting Contests by Russ Mason

75 years of fishing by Doug Leier

Lake Profile; Lake Metigoshe by Clint Lindemann

Yellow perch history by Bill Mitzel

The Canadian scene by Chuck Dieter

Trophy Bighorn Sheep by Brad Dokken

Big Game Hunting by Craig Springer

Dakota Country Notebook; 40 Years of Dakota Country Book review by Bill Mitzel

Behind the Badge — Read your tag by Domonic Falch North Dakota District Game Warden

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