North Dakota Bighorn Sheep BHS — BHS

Bighorn sheep lottery (units B1, B2, B3, B4, B5)

What you may take: Bighorn sheep lottery (units B1, B2, B3, B4, B5) (ram)
Weapon: Rifle
Where: B1, B2, B3, B4, B5
Season (2025): Oct 31 – Dec 31, 2025
Resident tags (2025): 8; for 21,221 first-choice applicants

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Odds by point level — 2025 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice resident applicant. 8 tags, 21,221 first-choice applicants. Source: Bighorn Sheep Lottery Stats... · table.

Points	Your chance	Applicants	Drawn
0	<1%	—	—

Tags ÷ applicants. North Dakota Game and Fish Department publishes no per-level applicant counts for this hunt. How we compute these.

What it costs (2026 resident fees)

Cash to apply

$27

Out of pocket if unsuccessful

Total if drawn

$62

Refunded if unsuccessful

$20

At the 2025 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $18,622.64 (enough points to draw) to $18,622.64 (lowest published odds).

Resident bighorn sheep application fee (nonrefundable) · paid at application $5 source

Fishing, Hunting, Furbearer Certificate · paid at application $2 source

General Game and Habitat License · paid at application, refundable $20 source

Resident bighorn sheep license (16+) · paid if drawn, refundable $35 source

Next application window: closes Mar 25, 2027 (expected) · results ~September 1. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.

Point creep & years to draw

No points in this draw — every applicant has the same chance each year, so there is no cut to creep and nothing to build toward.

Seasons (2025)

Split 1: Oct 31 – Dec 31, 2025 source

Year by year

The standard draw for residents, one row per year.

Year	Tags	Applicants	Applicants per tag	Points needed	Source
2025	8	21,221	2652.6	—	Bighorn Sheep Lottery Stats... · table

Earlier years, when this number was a different hunt

North Dakota reassigns hunt numbers between years. In these years BHS stood for another unit or weapon, so they are listed here rather than counted as this hunt's history or in its point-creep trend.

Year · what it was	Tags	Applicants	Applicants per tag	Points needed	Source
2024 · Unit B1, B3, B4, B5	7	19,889	2841.3	—	Bighorn Sheep Lottery Stats... · table
2023 · Unit B1, B3, B4, B5	6	20,290	3381.7	—	Bighorn Sheep Lottery Stats... · table
2022 · Unit B1, B3, B4, B5	5	19,423	3884.6	—	Bighorn Sheep Lottery Stats... · table

Legal cartridges for bighorn sheep in North Dakota

From the North Dakota hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.

.22-250 Remington

.223 Remington from $0.42/rd

.243 Winchester from $1.11/rd

.25-06 Remington

6.5 Creedmoor

6.5 Grendel

.270 Winchester from $0.16/rd

7mm-08 Remington

7mm Remington Magnum

.30-06 Springfield

.300 AAC Blackout from $0.56/rd

.300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd

.30-30 Winchester

.308 Winchester

.338 Winchester Magnum

.350 Legend from $1.07/rd

.35 Whelen

.360 Buckhammer

.400 Legend

.444 Marlin

.450 Bushmaster from $2.00/rd

.45-70 Government from $1.97/rd

.50 Beowulf

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How to read these numbers

Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.

Not an application service

This page is informational only. Draw rules, quotas, fees, and deadlines are set by the state agency and change by commission action — confirm everything on the agency's own site before you apply, and apply through the agency, not here. We disclaim all liability for reliance on this page.