Deer Gun Applications go Electronic

Authors and Contributors

Ron Wilson

Hunters need to note that June 6 is the deadline for the deer gun and muzzleloader lottery.

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s plan to move all lottery applications online is in motion.

A law passed by the North Dakota Legislature requiring the Department to develop an all-electronic licensing system, and phase out the old paper license books, actually went into effect April 1, 2016.

What that means is that all license buyers have had to purchase their hunting and fishing licenses for the last two years through the Game and Fish website, at license vendors who are linked into the Game and Fish electronic licensing system, or by calling the Department’s toll-free instant licensing system at 800-406-6409.

Starting last fall with swan and fall turkey applications, thousands of hunters have applied electronically for moose, elk, bighorn sheep and turkey licenses. And just around the corner, with a June 6 deadline, all hunters will do the same for the first time for North Dakota’s always anticipated deer gun season.

To help with that process, especially for those hunters who will employ the Department’s toll-free instant licensing system, we’ve provided a map featuring the state’s deer hunting units. Plus, readers also will find information from the first deer gun drawing in 2017, and the number of licenses made available in each hunting unit in 2018.

Deer Gun License Statistics

The following provides the approximate information from 2017 on deer gun licenses available in each hunting unit, the number of licenses left after gratis deductions and the number of applications received for the first drawing. Nonresident applications are in parenthesis. The number of licenses for each unit for 2018 is also provided.

Deer choices are coded as follows:

A – Any-antlered deer (either species)
B – Any-antlerless deer (either species)
C – Antlered white-tailed deer
D – Antlerless white-tailed deer
E – Antlered mule deer
F – Antlerless mule deer

2017						2018
Unit	Deer Type	Available	After Gratis	Applications Received	Nonresident Applications Received	2018 Available
1	A	350	236	826	14	350
1	B	350	289	157	3	350
2A	A	400	187	941	18	400
2A	B	300	186	165	1	300
2B	A	1,000	508	3,899	70	1,000
2B	B	700	435	990	10	700
2C	A	700	241	2,200	56	700
2C	B	300	53	377	8	300
2D	A	400	232	1,108	31	400
2D	B	200	109	99	1	200
2E	A	600	163	1,616	41	600
2E	B	300	64	230	0	200
2F1	A	1,100	846	1,781	78	1,100
2F1	B	900	763	314	8	900
2F2	A	900	641	2,251	55	800
2F2	B	700	561	463	3	600
2G	A	500	376	834	17	500
2G	B	200	133	149	2	100
2G1	A	900	521	2,530	55	900
2G1	B	700	496	571	7	700
2G2	A	1,000	659	1,768	49	1,000
2G2	B	700	516	423	6	700
2H	A	900	736	1,586	61	900
2H	B	700	612	166	3	700
2I	A	1,200	852	2,590	85	1,200
2I	B	1,000	812	369	5	1,000
2J1	A	900	623	1,594	31	900
2J1	B	700	551	198	3	600
2J2	A	1,300	1,036	2,119	74	1,100
2J2	B	1,000	858	356	10	900
2K1	A	800	454	1,801	29	800
2K1	B	700	513	288	2	700
2K2	A	1,600	1,123	3,405	97	1,300
2K2	B	1,400	1,143	447	20	1,100
2L	A	300	227	488	18	300
2L	B	300	261	89	5	300
3A1	A	1,000	616	2,462	69	1,200
3A1	B	400	193	127	1	800
3A2	A	900	714	1,765	39	900
3A2	B	700	600	335	5	700
3A3	A	900	495	2,200	55	1,000
3A3	B	600	382	366	0	600
3A4	A	1,000	652	2,458	43	1,000
3A4	B	800	613	524	0	800
3B1	C	250	150	959	21	250
3B1	D	200	105	52	2	200
3B1	E	300	179	749	33	400
3B1	F	50	26	38	2	100
3B2	C	200	125	354	7	200
3B2	D	200	143	56	1	200
3B2	E	150	93	248	13	200
3B2	F	50	36	25	1	100
3B3	A	200	166	465	9	200
3B3	B	150	131	124	1	150
3B3	C	900	746	970	40	900
3B3	D	650	568	170	6	650
3C	A	150	119	705	26	150
3C	B	100	86	146	1	150
3C	C	1,000	790	1,228	28	1,000
3C	D	800	684	173	1	800
3D1	A	300	230	567	16	300
3D1	B	300	258	44	5	350
3D1	C	250	191	173	9	250
3D1	D	200	172	2	0	200
3D2	A	400	257	791	15	450
3D2	B	400	323	142	3	450
3D2	C	300	193	260	1	300
3D2	D	300	242	30	0	300
3E1	A	400	304	892	40	450
3E1	B	300	245	108	3	300
3E1	C	450	343	467	10	500
3E1	D	300	245	21	1	300
3E2	A	650	516	1,012	33	700
3E2	B	650	567	219	5	650
3E2	C	450	358	363	24	450
3E2	D	300	261	22	3	300
3F1	A	400	366	745	16	400
3F1	B	400	379	73	1	400
3F1	C	600	548	216	18	600
3F1	D	500	474	12	1	500
3F2	A	700	598	1,238	60	750
3F2	B	1,000	934	118	5	1,000
3F2	C	800	684	388	28	800
3F2	D	800	748	16	1	800
4A	C	250	192	365	25	250
4A	D	250	194	35	0	250
4A	E	200	154	1,025	49	200
4B	C	200	174	208	6	200
4B	D	200	174	15	0	200
4B	E	450	393	2,569	180	450
4B	F	150	131	27	1	200
4C	C	200	179	245	8	200
4C	D	250	228	11	1	300
4C	E	450	404	2,931	184	450
4C	F	150	136	44	4	250
4D	C	250	222	209	10	250
4D	D	250	228	16	0	250
4D	E	400	354	2,161	129	400
4D	F	200	182	59	4	300
4E	C	250	230	179	12	300
4E	D	150	138	4	0	200
4E	E	300	275	825	47	300
4E	F	150	138	24	0	250
4F	C	350	328	197	15	400
4F	D	300	287	13	1	350
4F	E	200	188	334	26	200
4F	F	150	144	11	0	250

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