North Dakota Deer News
Remaining Deer Samples Negative for CWD - Feb. 18, 2011The remaining 3,600 North Dakota deer samples that were tested for chronic wasting disease are negative, according to Dr. Dan Grove, wildlife veterinarian for the State Game and Fish Department.
Deer Archery Season Opens Sept. 3 - Aug. 23, 2010
North Dakota?s deer archery season opens Friday, Sept. 3 at noon, and bowhunters are reminded that additional concurrent season antlerless deer gun licenses can be used with a bow during the archery season in the designated hunting unit.
2010 Deer Management Goals - Jun. 28, 2010
Every five years, North Dakota Game and Fish Department biologists establish a benchmark for deer licenses in the state - a number that will guide management decisions for several years.
North Dakota's Deer Season Set - May. 04, 2010
North Dakota?s 2010 deer season has been set with 116,775 licenses available to hunters this fall, a decrease of 27,625 from last year and the fewest since 2001.
CWD Found in Southwestern North Dakota Deer - Mar. 31, 2010
North Dakota Game and Fish Department officials were notified this morning by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Veterinary Services that a sick-looking mule deer taken last fall in western Sioux County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. This is the first time CWD has been detected in a North Dakota animal.
Game and Fish Summarizes 2009 Deer Gun Season - Mar. 29, 2010
North Dakota deer hunters took nearly 75,000 deer during the 2009 deer gun hunting season. Overall hunter success was 59 percent, down from 70 percent in 2008.
Muzzleloader Season Opens Nov. 27, Antlerless Licenses Available - Nov. 16, 2009
North Dakota?s muzzleloader deer season opens at noon Friday, Nov. 27 and continues through Dec. 13. Hunters with a lottery muzzleloader license can hunt white-tailed deer statewide.
Severe Winter Influences Mule Deer Production - Nov. 02, 2009
Aerial observations during the North Dakota Game and Fish Department's fall mule deer survey confirmed an expected decrease in production after the severe winter and spring of 2008-09.
