News Release Archives - July 2007
July 9, 2007
Prairie Chicken Applications Due Aug. 8
Hunters interested in chasing prairie chickens in October will need to have their applications in the mail and postmarked no later than Aug. 8.
The prairie grouse hunting season – good for either sharp-tailed grouse or prairie chickens – will be held Oct. 13-21 in two hunting units, one in Grand Forks County (north unit) and in southeastern North Dakota (south unit). Fifty licenses will be awarded to resident hunters in each unit.
To apply, hunters need to send a postcard containing their name, address, phone number and choice of hunting unit (north or south) to Prairie Chicken Application, North Dakota Game and Fish Department, 100 N. Bismarck Expressway, Bismarck, N.D. 58501.
Only one application per postcard and one application per hunter is permitted. Successful applicants will be notified through the mail.
A total of 30 prairie chickens and 52 sharp-tailed grouse were taken during the state’s 2006 prairie chicken hunting season. Forty-six hunters bagged 12 prairie chickens and 33 sharptails in the north unit, while 39 hunters took 18 prairie chickens and 19 sharptails in the south unit.
The department received 299 applications in 2006 – 175 for
the north unit and 124 for the south unit.
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