North Dakota Outdoors: Fish, wildlife managers balance expectations

North Dakota Outdoors: Fish, wildlife managers balance expectations

When someone tells me they shot a limit of pheasants, reeled in a 15-pound northern pike or missed the biggest buck they ever saw, I can't help but picture my own moments – past hunts, good and not so good. It's only natural. A reference point forms from my own outdoor success and failure. But when that same conversation shifts to whether the outing was "successful" or if they...