Pet Talk with Vicki Davis

I just got done at a local public access for fishing. I got done filling two hefty bags with trash. Disposable diapers full of lords knows what,, beer cans, beer bottles, smokeless tobacco tins, bobbers, fishing line, egg cartons too include two unbroken eggs, bug dope cans, cans, fruit juice bottles, car parts , card board boxes, bottle caps,  foil, plastic bags, candy wrappers, one wool sock with red trim, and one bag of contents I’m not going to describe...

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I built it in one week. Setting up a rearing pen for pheasants took five years. Over those five summers I improved it. The chicken wire walls are steel post reinforced. Wire has been buried below grade 12 inches to keep predators out. I have over head...

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This years pheasant season opened with rain in the east, snow in the west and cold across the state, dedicated hunters found birds despite the elements. It's hard to argue with the popularity of pheasants, in this election year in terms of running for office the ring neck is king only takes a back seat to deer hunters in terms of votes via number of hunters, but realistically...

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Trout have some oddities. They typically have the same density as the water surrounding them. This is really convenient for trout survival considering that sound passes through air at roughly 770 mph, but passes through regular pure water at over 3000 mph. You make the wrong noise in a wet trout environment, and you lose...

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Unlike hunting seasons, most of which have a defined ending date and which weather can shorten even further by driving out migratory birds, North Dakotans are afforded the opportunity to fish 24/7/365 for most species excluding paddlefish...

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An individual dog owner or trainer can release pen-raised birds outside of proclaimed hunting seasons, but only as prescribed by Department rules and regulations...

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Like many people across the state, my dad is part of a group that meets most mornings for a main course of coffee and a side of conversation. For this group the gathering place is a local gas station, but for other it's a grain elevator, cafe or even a neighbor’s garage or shop...

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CO Greg Oldakowski (Wadena, Minnesota) responded to a call of a man and his dog being surrounded by timber wolves. The pair was uninjured in the attack, yet the man stated the wolves followed him down the road while he was in his car. Upon investigating the area, the only canine found was a single longhaired, shepherd type dog, which was found within feet of the area where the alleged wolf attack had occurred. Click to read many more bizarre outdoor tales and true confessions...

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Someone picked up a problem the other day and dropped it off in the lap of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wildlife manager at New Ulm. He sat there pondering the problem, a rock to one side of him, and a hard place on the other...

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Over there, an older man, whiling away the afternoon weeding his garden. He’s retired, now, and has time on his hands. He thinks he might go fishing this evening...

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Think back to one of your last trips to or from your favorite lake. Maybe the boater ahead of you wasn't prepared. Or maybe it was you who slowed down the loading and launching process and others didn't appreciate it...

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Most hunters are aware of bird bands. Those most familiar are the metallic leg bands on ducks and geese. To a lesser extent, the same is true for fish, except that fish captured for research projects typically have some type of tag attached instead of a band. The tags carry the same...

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While checking a group of four fishermen on Lake of the Woods, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer (CO) Robert Gorecki (Baudette) noticed a strong odor of marijuana coming from inside the fish house. When questioned about this, two of the men produced marijuana and marijuana pipes. 16 more exciting true stories...

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Over the years, North Dakota Game and Fish has developed a body of fishing regulations based on sound fisheries biology and management practices. A general rule of thumb is that if a regulation isn’t going to help the resource, then don’t put it in place, and conversely, if a regulation is no longer serving its intended purpose, it should be taken off the books...

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It's no secret that Conservation Reserve Program acreage continues to decline in North Dakota. This is not a surprising development, as for many years agencies and conservation organizations have been pointing toward economic factors that could potentially...

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