North Dakota Deer BOW-AD — Unit statewide
Nonresident any-deer bow (statewide) · Statewide
- What you may take
- Nonresident any-deer bow (statewide) (either)
- Weapon
- Archery
- Archery gear only — no rifle season on this license.
- Where
- Statewide
- Season (2025)
- Aug 29 – Jan 4, 2026
- Tags (2025)
- 300
- for 2,236 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 1%
- All deer success here (2025)
- 46%
- of everyone who hunted the area
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Odds by point level — 2025 draw
Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 300 tags, 2,236 first-choice applicants. Source: Nonresident Deer Lottery Stats · #2025.
| Points | Your chance | Applicants | Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 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 chance at every one of these levels | — | — |
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. How we compute these.
What it costs (2026 nonresident fees)
At the 2025 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $380 (enough points to draw) to $544.65 (lowest published odds).
Next application window (Archery): opens Apr 15, closes May 15, 2027 (expected). Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.
Point creep & years to draw
Insufficient history (0 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years with a published drew-out level.
Seasons (2025)
How this tag has hunted
Across every license type in Statewide, North Dakota Game and Fish Department counted 68,750 hunters and 31,939 all deer taken in 2025 — 46% of them killed something. Full Statewide profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →
Hunters holding this license type (2025) — the rest of the area's hunters held something else:
| What they hunted | Hunters | Harvest | Success | Days per animal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type archery | 22,944 | 6,610 | 29% | — |
| Mule deer | — | 1,020 | — | — |
| White-tailed deer | — | 5,590 | — | — |
| Type deer gun | 36,353 | 20,877 | 57% | — |
| Type gratis | 9,453 | 4,452 | 47% | — |
| White-tailed deer | 665 | 215 | 32% | — |
Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: 2025 Deer Season Summarized (news release) North Dakota OUTDOORS, Buffaloberry Patch, May 2025
Year by year
The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Applicants per tag | Points needed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 300 | 2,236 | 7.5 | — | Nonresident Deer Lottery Stats · #2025 |
| 2024 | 337 | 2,093 | 6.2 | — | Nonresident Deer Lottery Stats · #2024 |
| 2023 | 862 | 2,119 | 2.5 | — | Nonresident Deer Lottery Stats · #2023 |
| 2022 | 810 | 1,828 | 2.3 | — | Nonresident Deer Lottery Stats · #2022 |
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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.
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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.