**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

 

I, James Russell (J.R.)Reger, certify that:

 

1.              I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Qof Voyager Oil & Gas, Inc.;

 

2.              Based on my knowledge, this quarterlyreport does not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit tostate a material fact necessary to make the statement made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

 

3.              Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periodspresented in this quarterly report;

 

4.              Voyager Oil & Gas, Inc.’sother certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for Voyager Oil &Gas, Inc., and have:

 

a.               designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to VoyagerOil & Gas, Inc., including its subsidiaries, is made known to usby others within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisquarterly report is being prepared;

 

b.              designed such internal control overfinancial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reportingto be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regardingthe reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financialstatements for external purposes in accordance with generally acceptedaccounting principles;

 

c.               evaluated the effectiveness of VoyagerOil & Gas, Inc.’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosurecontrols and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this reportbased on such evaluation; and

 

d.              disclosed in this report any change inVoyager Oil & Gas, Inc.’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during Voyager Oil & Gas, Inc.’s mostrecent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, Voyager Oil & Gas, Inc.’s internal controlover financial reporting;

 

5.              Voyager Oil & Gas, Inc.’sother certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to Voyager Oil &Gas, Inc.’s auditors and the audit committee of Voyager Oil & Gas, Inc.’sboard of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a.               all significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financialreporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect Voyager Oil &Gas, Inc.’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; and

 

b.              any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves management or other employees who have a significant role in VoyagerOil & Gas, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting.

 
| Date:  May 19, 2010 | /s/ *James Russell (J.R.) Reger* |
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|                     | James Russell  (J.R.) Reger      |
|                     | Chief Executive  Officer         |

 

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