Ron Wilson

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I was visiting with someone between pitches at a minor league baseball game last summer, an avid angler who, if talk around his office holds true, puts in more hours on the water than most. The guy fishes a lot. It’s a big part of who he is. While he’s like the bulk of North Dakota anglers in his focus – walleye, walleye, walleye – what separated him during our short conversation was his awareness of why, in large part, he’d had such a killer spring and early summer on the water.

The Responsibility of Hunting Safely

This is what I see when I look at this issue’s cover photograph and accompanying images deeper in the magazine. I see a male ruffed grouse drumming in spring to attract female onlookers; a log partially marred with scat yet worn clean of bark in places from the bird pacing back and forth; and surrounding dense forest cover preferred by the grouse to safeguard it from predators during its spring preoccupation.

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Jet skiing is popular on a number of North Dakota waters. Unlike the unpredictable summer weather, the aim of North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s enforcement personnel never varies dur