How to apply in North Dakota

Persons born after December 31, 1961 must complete a certified state or provincial hunter education course and provide a hunter education number to the license vendor to purchase a North Dakota hunting license.

individuals who are 12 years of age and older who have not taken the hunter education course may be issued an apprentice hunter validation that enables them to hunt small game for one license year.

General Game and Habitat License: Required for all hunting licenses except furbearer, nongame, spring light goose and early Canada goose.

General Game and Habitat License: Required for all hunting licenses except furbearer. Need only purchase one per year per licensee.

Fishing, Hunting, Furbearer Certificate: Required to hunt or fish in North Dakota. Need only purchase one per year per licensee.

An applicant unsuccessful in drawing his or her first choice permit in the first lottery this year receives a bonus point for next year's lottery.

Note that in years 2, 3 and 4, the points are doubled; and, for years 5 and beyond, they are cubed to increase the applicant's chances of drawing a permit.

No, bonus points apply only to first choice in the first lottery.

The license lottery consists of four separate drawings, one for each choice on the application.

You maintain your accumulated bonus points as long as you apply in the first drawing at least once every two years.

First lotteries for deer gun, deer muzzleloader, pronghorn, swan, spring and fall wild turkey.

As per state law resident hunters, who do not want to receive a hunting license issued by lottery, may purchase one bonus point for a fee that is the same as the respective license.

240 nonresident any-deer bow licenses by lottery (statute: 15 percent of mule deer licenses)

No more than one license to a nonresident

Residents only (no nonresident licenses)

On party applications the person with fewest points sets the level for the entire application.

Once in a lifetime: only people who have never received a ND bighorn sheep license may apply

Once in a lifetime: may not apply for a species already licensed in a previous year

Selected applicants contacted individually (September 1-14); license rescinded if not reached by September 14

Second lottery for unsuccessful applicants, then remaining licenses by lottery or first-come, first-served

Remaining elk licenses may be issued first come-first served

Remaining licenses issued as prescribed by the Director

A $5 nonrefundable application fee must accompany each resident application.

A $100 nonrefundable application fee must accompany each nonresident application for bighorn sheep.