North Dakota Deer MUZ-C — Unit statewide

Muzzleloader antlered whitetail deer (statewide) · Statewide

Statewide within North Dakota

What you may take: Muzzleloader antlered whitetail deer (statewide)
Weapon: Muzzleloader
Where: Statewide
Season (2026): Nov 27 – Dec 13, 2026
Tags (2026): 3; for 507 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 — 2026 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 3 tags, 507 first-choice applicants. Source: 2026 Nonresident Deer Lottery... · table.

Points	Your chance	Applicants	Drawn
0	0% (0%–<1%)	157	0
1	0% (0%–<1%)	97	0
2	<1% (<1%–<1%)	36	0
3	0% (0%–<1%)	25	0
4	<1% (<1%–<1%)	39	0
5	<1% (<1%–<1%)	18	0
6	<1% (<1%–<1%)	22	0
7	<1% (<1%–<1%)	20	0
8	<1% (<1%–<1%)	18	0
9	<1% (<1%–<1%)	15	0
10	<1% (<1%–<1%)	17	0
11	<1% (<1%–<1%)	8	0
12	<1% (<1%–<1%)	8	0
13	<1% (<1%–<1%)	10	2
14	<1% (<1%–<1%)	7	0
15	<1% (<1%–<1%)	4	1
16	<1% (<1%–<1%)	4	0
17	<1% (<1%–<1%)	1	0
18	<1% (<1%–<1%)	1	0

Monte Carlo 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)

Cash to apply

$30

Out of pocket if unsuccessful

$10

Total if drawn

$380

Refunded if unsuccessful

$20

At the 2026 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $3,227.14 (enough points to draw) to $1,667,036.67 (lowest published odds).

Nonresident deer gun application fee (nonrefundable) · paid at application $5 source

Fishing, Hunting, Furbearer Certificate · paid at application $5 source

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

Nonresident deer gun/muzzleloader license · paid if drawn, refundable $350 source

Next application window: closes Jun 3, 2027 (expected) · results ~June 24. 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 (2026)

Split 1: Nov 27 – Dec 13, 2026 source

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
2026	3	507	169.0	—	2026 Nonresident Deer Lottery... · table
2025	4	447	111.8	—	Nonresident Deer Lottery Stats · #2025
2024	4	312	78.0	—	Nonresident Deer Lottery Stats · #2024
2023	—	315	—	—	Nonresident Deer Lottery Stats · #2023
2022	—	294	—	—	Nonresident Deer Lottery Stats · #2022

Other licenses valid in Statewide

BOW-AD — Nonresident any-deer bow (statewide) Archery MUZ-D — Muzzleloader antlerless whitetail deer (statewide) Muzzleloader

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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.