Anyone ever been to North Dakota

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Does it exist?

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Yes

When I was in college a few of my classmates and I drove up to a small little village near Devil's Lake in ND. We stayed with our professor who's the president of Delta Waterfowl. Just did some duck nest searching and birding.

It was May and it was still cold as hell. Can't imagine how the winters would be up there. The little town we stayed in was straight out of a movie. There were little houses and shacks everywhere but there weren't many people around. There was a single restaurant/bar in the middle of the town that all the people would gather at because it was the only place to get food within miles from there. Pretty neat experience.

Oufta, hat some fish bellie white people up there too...you betcha

Don't need a parka. Just wear long pants.

Been on 6 trips up there, both pheasant and duck hunting. Access to private land is easy, especially away from population centers (Fargo, Bismarck, Minot). Lots of public ground too. It's a great area for a waterfowl or upland hunter.

Yes, <800,000 people in the entire state.


There is a reason for that.

I've been to Bismarck for work but no hunting.

Its freaking miserable cold. I don't know how they live there TBH. They will go weeks at a time without getting over 10 degrees.

Last year they had several days of -25 with 40-50 mph winds. Who needs that bullshite?

Been in Minot for two years. Yes it gets damn cold but it's a dry cold. If the wind isn't blowing it's not bad at all. The bird hunting is incredible, waterfowl is great too but as soon as it freezes up they head out. Deer is very good but like others have mentioned tags are tough to come by. The best thing is you are within driving distance of Saskatchewan and Montana if you want to get serious about hunting.