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September 2025 Fall Special Edition

Features

Bighorn Sheep Management and habitat success story by Doug Leier

Upland Game Outllook; Two mild winters add up nicely by Bill Mitzel

Sage Grouse Decline; Land use changes when wildlife can't adapt

Duck Numbers Positive; A bit of encouraging territory

A Great Year for Food Help; An uplifting success of people involved by Jeff Olson

Favorite Things; The best of the best for fall is reviewed by Tony Dean

Hunting with a New Friend; What could be more exciting than a puppy in the field by Chuck Dieter

Grasslands Help; People and Landowners working together by Doug Leier

Struggling Wetlands; When is water more valuable than crop production? by Bill Mitzel

Mule Deer Memory; Valuable friends help create a lasting adventure by Clint Lindemann

Fall Fishing Safety/Success; Great fishing opportunities remain, in comfort

Goose Hunting Opportunities Abundant; Saving these great birds over time and effort

Pheasants Forever Gains Ground; Working with private folks creates habitat

ND Deer Tags Down; Numbers lowest in nearly 50 years

Remembering Home; Days of growing up on the priaire by Jim Fuglie

Dakota Country Notebook — Statehood; Still the best place on earth by Bill Mitzel

DEPARTMENTS

Annual Opening Day Dove Hunt by Jon Mitzel

Bigger Fish to Fry by Bill Antonides

Waterfowl World by Jason Mitchell

Federal threats to conservation, access by John Pollman

South Dakota Glacial Lakes Reports — Fish Conservation; Catching and releasing fish from deep water can kill them by SDGFD Fisheries Biologist Brian Blackwell, Webster, SD

Missouri River Report — Below normal runoff continues in the Upper Missouri Basin by USACE

Dakota Recall – September 1993 — Chinnook Salmon; Why is there such a difference between this fish in lakes Oahe and Sakakawea?

Dakota Recipes; Gratitude from the Garden by Peggy Hankey

Gadget Corner; New Products from Icast by Mort Bank

Look Who's Talking 

Dakota Digest

   – Plans to block China land ownership

   – ND Pronghorn Lottery Held

   – ANS Prevention Continues

   – Riverdale Angler's Whitefish Breaks Record

   – Mentored Hunting Program Changes

   – Recreations Areas at Lake Oahe

   – Time Work of a Game Warden

   – 2025 Hunt For Habitat Winners Announced

   – Dakota Kids!

   – ND/SD Whopper/Catch and Release Report

   – Classifieds and much more!

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