North Dakota Deer BOW-AD
Nonresident any-deer bow (statewide) in Statewide, archery only, Aug 29 – Jan 4, 2026.
No longer drawn. The last draw was 2025.
North Dakota Game and Fish Department held its 2026 deer draw without BOW-AD. The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.
Your odds at 0 points · 2025 draw
62 of 1,122 applicants at 0 points drew
Years to draw on points: —
- NR Tags
- 300
- Applicants
- 2,236
- Success
- 29%
First-choice nonresidents; nonresidents capped at 1%. Success: Archery hunters, 2025.
Points Needed to Draw
No cut was published in enough years to chart one.
Bonus points (stepped) — no cut to track: each point adds entries to the draw rather than a place in line.
What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees
The $5 nonresident deer gun application fee (nonrefundable) is not refunded. The $5 Fishing, Hunting, Furbearer Certificate is not refunded. The $20 general Game and Habitat License is refunded if you miss. Drawing adds the $350 nonresident any-deer bow license (statewide lottery).
▸ Every Fee, With Sources
- Nonresident deer gun application fee (nonrefundable) · paid at application $5 NDGF 2026 Nonresident licensing and fees
- Fishing, Hunting, Furbearer Certificate · paid at application $5 NDGF 2026 Nonresident licensing and fees
- General Game and Habitat License · paid at application, refundable $20 NDGF 2026 Nonresident licensing and fees
- Nonresident any-deer bow license (statewide lottery) · paid if drawn, refundable $350 NDGF 2026 Nonresident licensing and fees
North Dakota Game and Fish Department publishes no mapped boundary for Statewide.
Statewide in full →Details
Odds by Point Level · 2025 Draw
| Points | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 ← you | 6% | 1,122 | 62 |
| 1 | 16% | 702 | 129 |
| 2 | 26% | 319 | 77 |
| 3 | 34% | 79 | 17 |
| 4 | 98% | 13 | 12 |
| 5 | >99% | 1 | 1 |
| 6–10 | 100% same at every level | — | — |
Expected weighted draw over published bonus-point pools. A dash means North Dakota Game and Fish Department did not publish a count for that level. As a lower choice, BOW-AD drew no one in 2025, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: NDGF 2019-2025 Nonresident Deer Lottery Stats, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
How It Hunted, 2025
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 22,944 | 6,610 | 29% |
| Mule deer | — | 1,020 | — |
| White-tailed deer · archery | — | 5,590 | — |
| Deer gun | 36,353 | 20,877 | 57% |
| Gratis | 9,453 | 4,452 | 47% |
| White-tailed deer | 665 | 215 | 32% |
| All of Statewide · white-tailed deer | — | 5,805 | — |
Adding up North Dakota Game and Fish Department's published lines for Statewide gives 5,805 white-tailed deer taken in 2025 (sum of published hunt rows; hunter counts not published). The first rows are hunters holding this license type; the rest of the area's hunters held something else. Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: NDGF 2025 Deer Season Summarized; NDGF 2025 OUTDOORS, Buffaloberry Patch, May.
▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 4 draws
The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Per Tag | Points Needed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 300 | 2,236 | 7.5 | — | NDGF 2019-2025 Nonresident Deer Lottery Stats |
| 2024 | 337 | 2,093 | 6.2 | — | NDGF 2019-2025 Nonresident Deer Lottery Stats |
| 2023 | 862 | 2,119 | 2.5 | — | NDGF 2019-2025 Nonresident Deer Lottery Stats |
| 2022 | 810 | 1,828 | 2.3 | — | NDGF 2019-2025 Nonresident Deer Lottery Stats |
Other Licenses Valid in Statewide
- MUZ-C Muzzleloader antlered whitetail deer (statewide) Nov 27 – Dec 13 · 3 tags · 507 applied 0% (small sample)
- MUZ-D Muzzleloader antlerless whitetail deer (statewide) Nov 27 – Dec 13 · 3 tags · 12 applied <1% (small sample)
Odds at your points, nonresident. * fewer than 5 tags.
▸ Sources 14
- NDGF 2019-2025 Nonresident Deer Lottery Stats draw results, earlier draws, seasons, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NDGF 2026 Lottery FAQ draw rules, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NDGF 2026 Nonresident licensing and fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NDGF 2025 Deer Season Summarized harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NDGF 2025 OUTDOORS, Buffaloberry Patch, May harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NDGF 2024 OUTDOORS, Buffaloberry Patch, May harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NDGF 2023 OUTDOORS, Buffaloberry Patch, May harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NDGF 2021 OUTDOORS, Buffaloberry Patch, May harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NDGF 2020 OUTDOORS, Buffaloberry Patch, May harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NDGF 2019 OUTDOORS, Buffaloberry Patch, May harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NDGF 2018 OUTDOORS, Buffaloberry Patch,… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NDGF 2017 OUTDOORS, Buffaloberry Patch, May harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NDGF 2015 Deer Season Summarized harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NDGF 2014 Deer Season Summarized harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from North Dakota Game and Fish Department's published results (expected weighted draw over published bonus-point pools). They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward.
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