No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
North Dakota Moose Draw Odds
In the 2026 draw North Dakota offered 9 moose hunts to residents, drawn at random with no points. 0 of them, open to every hunter, gave at least an even chance.
Closes Mar 31, 2027 (expected)
$7 kept if you miss, the rest refunded. Moose license $35 only if drawn
2026 draw
28,519 resident applicants
How the North Dakota Draw Works (30-Second Version)
Random draw.
Every applicant has the same chance: tags divided by applicants. No points count in this draw.
No nonresident draw results are on file for North Dakota moose — North Dakota Game and Fish Department publishes resident results only, or none by residency. The numbers below are the resident draw.
Best Bets
Odds × hunter success × public land, 10 tags or more. Private-land, ranch, landowner and youth hunts left out.
Bull or Either-Sex
M8-ANY
Unit M8 · Either-sex rifle · Unit M8 any moose
- Success
- 87%
- Public
- 3%
- Season
- Oct 9–Nov 1
M11-ANY
Unit M11 · Either-sex rifle · Unit M11 any moose
- Success
- 86%
- Public
- 16%
- Season
- Oct 9–Nov 1
M10-ANY
Unit M10 · Either-sex rifle · Unit M10 any moose
- Success
- 93%
- Public
- 5%
- Season
- Oct 9–Nov 1
M9-ANY
Unit M9 · Either-sex rifle · Unit M9 any moose
- Success
- 85%
- Public
- 5%
- Season
- Oct 9–Nov 1
Cow
M11-ANTL
Unit M11 · Antlerless rifle · Unit M11 antlerless moose
- Success
- 86%
- Public
- 16%
- Season
- Oct 9–Nov 1
M10-ANTL
Unit M10 · Antlerless rifle · Unit M10 antlerless moose
- Success
- 93%
- Public
- 5%
- Season
- Oct 9–Nov 1
M9-ANTL
Unit M9 · Antlerless rifle · Unit M9 antlerless moose
- Success
- 85%
- Public
- 5%
- Season
- Oct 9–Nov 1
Before You Apply
One Tag Per Lifetime
Draw a tag once and you cannot apply for North Dakota moose again.
One moose lottery licence in a lifetime, triggered by receiving it; an antlerless licence counts, an unsuccessful gratis landowner licensee may return it and stay eligible, and the raffle licence is outside the cap.
Source: ndlegis.gov
- Limit
- One per lifetime
- Nonresident Share
- Residents only
- This draw is open to residents only.
Every Hunt
9 hunt codes drawn in 2026 · 0 at 50% or better · first choice · resident
| Hunt | Season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M5-ANY Unit M5 · Either-sex rifle · Unit M5 any moose | Either-sex rifle · Unit M5 any moose | M5 | Oct 9–Nov 1 | 1% | 6 / 480 | — |
| M6-ANY Unit M6 · Either-sex rifle · Unit M6 any moose | Either-sex rifle · Unit M6 any moose | M6 | Oct 9–Nov 1 | <1% | 9 / 1,583 | 80% |
| M8-ANY Unit M8 · Either-sex rifle · Unit M8 any moose | Either-sex rifle · Unit M8 any moose | M8 | Oct 9–Nov 1 | <1% | 13 / 2,326 | 87% |
| M9-ANTL Unit M9 · Antlerless rifle · Unit M9 antlerless moose | Antlerless rifle · Unit M9 antlerless moose | M9 | Oct 9–Nov 1 | 9% | 40 / 451 | 85% |
| M9-ANY Unit M9 · Either-sex rifle · Unit M9 any moose | Either-sex rifle · Unit M9 any moose | M9 | Oct 9–Nov 1 | <1% | 28 / 7,238 | 85% |
| M10-ANTL Unit M10 · Antlerless rifle · Unit M10 antlerless moose | Antlerless rifle · Unit M10 antlerless moose | M10 | Oct 9–Nov 1 | 10% | 50 / 511 | 93% |
| M10-ANY Unit M10 · Either-sex rifle · Unit M10 any moose | Either-sex rifle · Unit M10 any moose | M10 | Oct 9–Nov 1 | <1% | 52 / 10,811 | 93% |
| M11-ANTL Unit M11 · Antlerless rifle · Unit M11 antlerless moose | Antlerless rifle · Unit M11 antlerless moose | M11 | Oct 9–Nov 1 | 12% | 25 / 212 | 86% |
| M11-ANY Unit M11 · Either-sex rifle · Unit M11 any moose | Either-sex rifle · Unit M11 any moose | M11 | Oct 9–Nov 1 | <1% | 26 / 4,907 | 86% |
Showing all 9 · sorted by unit
What These Columns Mean
- Odds —
- the share of first-choice applicants who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year. A badge marked * had under five tags, so one applicant either way swings it.
- Tags / apps —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them.
- Success —
- the share of hunters in the unit who killed an animal, from the latest harvest report on file. It is the whole unit's figure, not the hunt's.
All 6 Units
Each unit has its own page: where it is on the map, how much of it is public land, what the hunters who went there killed last season, and every license type you can apply for inside it.
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About These Numbers
Every percentage here is the chance any applicant had in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results; quotas and applicant numbers change every year. A dash means the agency did not publish the number. Under five tags the percentage is flagged: one applicant either way swings it. Check the agency's site and apply there; we don't take applications. How we compute these.