**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

 

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

 

1.             I have reviewed this quarterlyreport on Form 10-Q of Voyager Oil & Gas, Inc.;

 

2.             Based on my knowledge, thisquarterly report does not contain any untrue statements of a material fact oromit to state a material fact necessary to make the statement made, in light ofthe circumstances 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.’s other certifying officer and I are responsible forestablishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control overfinancial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and15d-15(f)) for Voyager Oil & Gas, Inc., and have:

 

a.             designed such disclosure controlsand procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to bedesigned under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating toVoyager Oil & Gas, Inc., including its subsidiaries, is madeknown to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period inwhich this quarterly 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 ofVoyager Oil & 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 changein Voyager 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.’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on ourmost recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to VoyagerOil & Gas, Inc.’s auditors and the audit committee of Voyager Oil &Gas, Inc.’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions):

 

a.             all significant deficiencies andmaterial weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control overfinancial reporting 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,that involves management or other employees who have a significant role inVoyager Oil & Gas, Inc.’s internal control over financialreporting.

 
| Date: August 11, 2010 | /s/ *James Russell (J.R.) Reger* |
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|                       | James Russell (J.R.) Reger       |
|                       | Chief Executive Officer          |

 

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