SPITTING SATURDAY.  We’ll get a taste of cool today, with light, intermittent rain and possibly a few flakes falling in the first half of the day, before winds on the backside blow down from the northwest, keeping things chilly throughout the afternoon.  You should start to see more waterfowl migrating in the coming days, and…

OH LUCKY DAY!  For a Friday the 13th, things are looking spookily good, as you’ll have options for all forms of hunting.  Light breezes pick up throughout the day giving your dogs a good chance to get on scent, but if you’re fishing the chop will be ideal for those hungry late season walleyes with…

WATCH YOUR STEP!  Especially that first one out the door this morning – it’s going to be gusty from the other direction, as northwest winds take over and cool us off.  With your head down against the gales, you might happen upon our star for the day – the prickly pear cactus.  It’s one of…

GOLDEN DAYS.  We’re in the final throes of fall color, and with many places dipping below freezing for a few hours last night, the first frost has set in for a good portion of North Dakota. Check out the reds, oranges, and yellows while you can and take advantage of one more warm autumn day…

ON THE TAIL TRAIL.  Despite lower numbers, good hunting can still be found.  Whether it’s pre-migration for ducks, or the midst of pheasant season, you never know what you’ll find.  So get out there, get after it and give it your best on all of the great opportunities ND has to offer! We talk hunting…

WINDY WEEKEND.  The second day of pheasant season brought with it more winds and cooler temps, along with wiser birds.  All signs are pointing to lower numbers as reports from across the state are of mostly carry-over roosters from last season making up the majority of the take.  In northwestern ND, that was the case. …

DAY TWO!  Here’s hoping you found some birds out there yesterday.  Anecdotal reports are already showing that pheasants can be found throughout ND with a little legwork, and opener (despite the wind) was successful.  Today should be better in terms of wind, so knock a few more down and take advantage of all the great…

GETTING BAD.  Okay, even with the wind, it’s still pheasant opener so we know you’re headed out this morning.  Remember, quiet, calm and catch them before they catch the wind! We get totally bad in today’s Three Things, and we’re not talking about Michael Jackson. (THEM’S THE BREAKS.  The badlands near Teddy Roosevelt National Park…

WE’RE ABOUT TO BLOW!  Relatively calm conditions persist through tonight, but a huge shift in the wind is coming for tomorrow’s Pheasant Opener as forecasts now add an extra 10 mph to the maximum gusts.  Hold on to your blaze orange hats!   We go potpourri in today’s Three Things. (WAITING ON WIND. Seeds hanging from…

HUSKS IN THE WIND.  Okay, so that’s not the title of a Kansas song, but it will most likely be one for North Dakota this weekend, as Pheasant Opener is expected to be a breezy one. We toast to the breezes that blow through the treezes, and factor gusts into your hunting strategy. (CORNY.  Chaff…

DAILY LIMIT!  Just three days remain until Pheasant Opener.  We’re convinced it’s not a coincidence that’s the same number of birds in your daily ND limit.  We talk more about pheasant biology, rooster harvest and how it does little to nothing to the population in today’s Three Things. Even in years where numbers are low,…

FORE!  Watch out, only four days between you and that first flushing rooster of the pheasant season.  Today we sneak a little fishing fun into Three Things before we get back in pheasant focus with the latest from Dakota Edge. (Opener Memory.  The author with his lab, Gunnar, and a pair of roosters on the…

ALL CHOKED UP! We’re that excited for Pheasant Opener!  Just five days until North Dakota’s pheasant season kicks off on Sat. Oct. 7.  Here’s hoping you’re getting your gear together, your dog’s final exercises in and your shot in order, if you haven’t already.  Speaking of the latter, we talk about primary pheasant hunting chokes…

GUSTS & MUSTS.  While it will be a windy day, for hundreds of youth it will be a must-hunt day, as ND’s Youth Pheasant weekend kicks off.  While conditions won’t be ideal, there are still a lot of great opportunities out there to find roosters and there will definitely be some wind for dogs to…

CHICKEN? CHANTERELLE? COULDN’T TELL!  By no means experts on fungi or foraging, when we see something on the ground that’s bright orange, we leave it be!  We talk about what orange in the outdoors means in today’s Three Things, and leave the foraging to our foodie friends! (Blazing Fungus.  A bright orange fungus resembling chicken…

GO FOR THE GOLD.  It was a gorgeous day yesterday, whether on the water or on the hunt, and with autumn colors taking hold across the upper Midwest, today will be another great one to get out there and see all that nature has to offer. We talk more fun fall stuff in today’s Three…