North Dakota Deer · Statewide
In 2025, hunters took 5,805 white-tailed deer here (sum of published hunt rows); hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, MUZ-C, put up 3 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 507 nonresident first-choice applicants, 3 of whom drew.
2 licenses · NR capped at 1%
first choice, NR
not published
North Dakota Game and Fish Department does not publish a mapped boundary for Statewide, so there is no map to draw.
Every License in Statewide
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUZ-C | Muzzleloader antlered whitetail deer (statewide) | 0% (small sample) | — | |
| MUZ-D | Muzzleloader antlerless whitetail deer (statewide) | <1% (small sample) | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2026 result: BOW-AD.
Draw results: NDGF 2026 Nonresident Deer Lottery Stats, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $380 ($30 to apply). Deadlines: May 15, 2027 (expected) for Archery · Jun 2, 2027 (expected) for the main draw. Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
All deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 68,750 | 31,939 | 46% |
| 2024 (summed) | 74,349 | 33,293 | 45% |
| 2023 (summed) | 78,199 | 35,798 | 46% |
| 2022 (summed) | 78,876 | 36,451 | 46% |
| 2020 (summed) | 94,244 | 54,845 | 58% |
| 2019 (summed) | 89,676 | 51,644 | 58% |
| 2018 (summed) | 82,168 | 46,096 | 56% |
| 2017 (summed) | 83,913 | 45,059 | 54% |
| 2016 (summed) | 77,580 | 45,385 | 59% |
| 2015 (summed) | 61,150 | 34,227 | 56% |
| 2014 (summed) | 63,418 | 32,346 | 51% |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | — | 5,805 | — |
| 2024 (summed) | — | 5,116 | — |
| 2023 (summed) | — | 5,691 | — |
| 2022 (summed) | — | 6,952 | — |
| 2020 (summed) | — | 9,539 | — |
| 2019 (summed) | — | 8,414 | — |
| 2018 (summed) | — | 8,276 | — |
| 2017 (summed) | — | 8,208 | — |
| 2016 (summed) | — | 8,686 | — |
| 2015 (summed) | — | 7,125 | — |
| 2014 (summed) | — | 5,949 | — |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | — | 1,020 | — |
| 2024 (summed) | — | 910 | — |
| 2023 (summed) | — | 1,025 | — |
| 2022 (summed) | — | 1,289 | — |
| 2020 (summed) | — | 853 | — |
| 2019 (summed) | — | 990 | — |
| 2018 (summed) | — | 987 | — |
| 2017 (summed) | — | 1,046 | — |
| 2016 (summed) | — | 806 | — |
| 2015 (summed) | — | 750 | — |
| 2014 (summed) | — | 453 | — |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | 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% |
2025 split: archery 5,590 (100%)
What North Dakota Game and Fish Department publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. North Dakota Game and Fish Department publishes no whole-unit line for 2025; a year's total is the sum of published hunt rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Hunter counts not published for 2025. Source: NDGF 2025 Deer Season Summarized; NDGF 2025 OUTDOORS, Buffaloberry Patch, May; NDGF 2024 OUTDOORS, Buffaloberry Patch, May.
What the Agency Says About the Area
Muzzleloader licenses are valid statewide. (No single hunting unit: the muzzleloader lottery and the nonresident any-deer bow lottery are both statewide.)
Source: NDGF 2026 Deer Hunting Guide.
▸ Sources 14
- NDGF 2026 Nonresident Deer Lottery Stats draw results, 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
- NDGF 2026 Deer Hunting Guide area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from North Dakota Game and Fish Department's published results. 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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