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Outdoors

Pronghorn lottery held

North Dakota’s pronghorn lottery has been held and all 1,305 licenses were issued. In total, 16,488 applications were received, including 837 gratis applications.

PLOTS guide available

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s Private Land Open To Sportsmen Guide for 2025 is available online. The guide will feature about 880,000 PLOTS acres. Because PLOTS tracts can be added or removed from the program throughout the year, hunters are encouraged to use the Game and Fish ...

Fall turkey season set

The fall turkey season is set with 4,310 licenses available to hunters, 235 less than last year. One of the 21 hunting units has more licenses than last year, eight have fewer licenses and 12 units remain the same. Unit 21 (Hettinger and Adams counties), which has been closed for several ...

Deer archery season opens

North Dakota’s deer bow season opens Friday, Aug. 29, at noon and continues through Jan. 4. Bowhunters can buy a license online at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department or at vendors linked to the department’s online licensing system. Hunters should plan accordingly and allow for ...

Waterfowl habitat stamp, federal duck stamp requirements

A new North Dakota law requires all waterfowl hunters, regardless of age, to have a state-issued waterfowl habitat restoration stamp in possession while afield this fall. Waterfowl include ducks, geese, swans, mergansers and coots. Senate bill 2216 requires every resident and nonresident ...

North Dakota Outdoors: Pheasant hunting season looks promising

As September settles in and we inch closer to fall, some hunters have enjoyed August goose hunting, the opening of archery deer and dove hunting. For anxious October pheasant hunters in North Dakota, the early signs are promising. Each spring, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department ...