Instant Licensing by Telephone

24 Hours a Day 7 Days a Week - Call 1-800-406-6409

A service charge of $4 is assessed for each transaction under $70 and $10 for each transaction of $70 and more.

• For many licenses you won't have to wait for the license to arrive to hunt or fish. Our agent will give you a number over the phone that can be verified in the field by a game warden. Note: Does not apply to licenses requiring a tag, such as paddlefish or deer archery, because the tag is part of the license and must be in your possession in the field.  These licenses will be mailed to you. Our agent will mail to you a copy of the applicable regulations.  You may also download them from our regulations page.

• Apply for first-lottery licenses over the phone. Residents may apply for deer, turkey, and pronghorn. Nonresidents may apply for deer only. All you need is your credit card number and your hunter safety number if you were born after 1961.

Note: the Instant Licensing phone number is for license sales and license information only. To get other information, call the Department at 701-328-6300, Monday-Friday 8-5 Central Time.

Resident Licenses Available:

• Fishing, Hunting, and Furbearer Certificate (prerequisite for all licenses) - $1. Need only purchase one per year.
• General Game and Habitat License (prerequisite for all hunting licenses except furbearer) - $13.  Need only purchase one per year.
• Individual Season Fishing - $10. A fishing license is not required of residents under age 16, except that paddlefish tags are required for all anglers.
• Husband and Wife Fishing - $14.
• Fishing - 65 Years and Older - $3.
• Combination License - $32. Includes fishing, general game and habitat, small game, and furbearer licenses.
• Small Game - $6. Not needed by residents under age 16.
• Furbearer - $7. Not needed by residents under age 16.
• Sandhill Crane - $5. Small game license also required for those 16 years and older.
• Deer Gun (1st Lottery) - $20. Youth Deer - $10 (for residents under age 16).
• Pronghorn Gun (1st Lottery) - $20.
• Youth pronghorn - $10 (for residents under 16).
• Youth Deer Bow License - $10.
• Youth Pronghorn Bow License - $10.
• Wild Turkey, Spring and Fall (1st Lottery) - $8. Small game license also required for those 16 years of age and older.

Nonresident Licenses Available:

• Fishing, Hunting and Furbearer Certificate (prerequisite for all licenses) - $2. Need only purchase one per year.
• General Game and Habitat (prerequisite for all hunting licenses except furbearer.) - $13. Need only purchase one per year.
• Individual Season Fishing - $35. Nonresidents under 16 need no fishing license if accompanied by a licensed adult, except that paddlefish tags are required for all anglers.
• Husband and Wife Season Fishing - $45.
• 3 Day Fishing - $15.
• 10 Day Fishing - $25.
• Small Game - $85. A nonresident must choose between a 14-consecutive-day or two 7-consecutive-day license periods and may purchase more than one license per year.
• Waterfowl Licenses.  There are two types available. 
  • A statewide license costing $125, good for two 7-day periods or one 14-day period; or  
  • A zone-restricted license costing $85 that requires the nonresident to select hunting zones according to the following restrictions: 
    1. A nonresident must select Zone 1 or Zone 2 for one seven-day period and Zone 3 for the other seven-day period; or
    2. Zone 3 for the full 14 days or two seven-day periods; or
    3. Zones 1 and 3 concurrently for the same 7-day period or zones 2 and 3 concurrently for the same 7-day period.  This option effectively reduces the license to seven days only, as the two 7-day periods are run at the same time.
• Nongame - $15. Allows taking unprotected species such as prairie dog, skunk, rabbits, and ground squirrels.
• Furbearer and Nongame - $25. Allows taking nongame species and for hunting fox and coyote.
• Sandhill Crane - $5. Small game license also required.
• Deer Gun (1st Lottery) - $220 (includes general game and habitat stamp, $13; nonresident hunting, fishing, furbearer certificate, $2; and a $5 application fee. After second lottery is held, the price of a nonresident deer gun license is $50.
• Deer Bow - $200.
• Pronghorn Bow - $200.
• Wild Turkey - $80.  After the first lottery has been held, nonresidents may purchase a wild turkey license. 

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