Game and Fish Declares Deer Season Changes due to EHD Outbreak October 19, 2026 North Dakota Game and Fish Department - North Dakota State Government
... “Our deer population is still recovering from the devastating losses in 2021, and this latest outbreak of EHD is another serious setback. Every doe that survives this season gives us a better chance to rebuild the herd. These are difficult decisions, but taking action now is the right thing to do for the long-term future of deer hunting in North Dakota.” ... The harvest of antlerless white-tailed deer in deer gun units 3C, 3E1, 3E2 and 3F2 shall be prohibited... Hunters with whitetail licenses ... have the option of turning those licenses in for a refund ..,
ND officials confirm EHD in local deer population October 12, 2026 North Dakota, KX News
... EHD is known to periodically occur in North Dakota, affecting pronghorn, bighorn sheep, mule deer and elk but mortality is most common in white-tailed deer..,
North Dakota 2026 Hunting Season Outlook September 8, 2026
... Whitetail deer: Hunter observation and harvest indices indicate deer populations are stable to decreasing throughout the state ... The mule deer population in the badlands increased due to high over winter fawn survival despite below average fawn production in 2025...
Virtual Fencing Meets Conservation: North Dakota Wildlife Federation Helps Badlands Ranching While Enhancing Wildlife Habitat Juily 22, 2026 North Dakota, McKenzie County Farmer - Latest News
... Virtual fencing replaces many interior physical fences with GPS-enabled collars worn by cattle.
Instead of encountering a physical fence, livestock receive audio warnings followed by mild electronic stimulation when approaching digitally drawn boundaries ... Traditional fencing can impede migration, injure deer, pronghorn and elk, and create obstacles for numerous wildlife species...
Deer license demand exceeds supply in North Dakota July 14, 2026 Wahpeton Daily News
... In the course of 20 years, habitat for deer has dropped from 4 million acres to 1 million acres ... Doug Leier, a biologist with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, said the demand is high, but the supply continues to drop...
“Habitat crisis”: ND Game and Fish outlines what it will take to rebuild deer country May 21, 2026 North Dakota, KFYR-TV
... Haase said recovery is slower than it used to be in part because habitat is not as abundant as it once was. He said the eastern third of the state has been hit particularly hard, where a lack of good habitat has been one of the biggest drivers behind recent license reductions. “Years ago, when we had millions of acres of CRP on the landscape, more wetlands, more tree rows, that population was able to recover much quicker,” ...
Deer Season Set, Apply Online May 8 2026 North Dakota Game and Fish
... with 39,100 licenses available to hunters, down 3,200 from last year, the lowest total in over a half century. Muzzleloader licenses were also reduced, and antlerless deer gun licenses are not available in several units... The statewide deer herd continues to recover from the lingering effects of the 2022-23 winter and epizootic hemorrhagic disease outbreaks across a landscape with increasingly limited habitat... The spring mule deer survey showed western North Dakota’s population is 31% higher than last year, which is attributed to high over-winter survival. Conservative license allocations remain to support continued population rebound..,
North Dakota 2025 Deer Season Summarized April 1, 2026 Game and Fish News
A total of 36,353 North Dakota deer hunters took approximately 20,877 deer during the 2025 deer gun hunting season, according to a post-season survey conducted by the state Game and Fish Department. Game and Fish made available 42,300 deer gun licenses last year. Overall hunter success was 57%, with each hunter spending an average of 4.9 days in the field...
North Dakota 2025 Big 3 Harvest Statistics March 5, 2026 North Dakota Game and Fish
... The Department issued 292 moose licenses last year. Of that total, 281 hunters harvested 245 animals – 147 bulls and 98 cows/calves... The Department issued 1,021 elk licenses last year. Of that total, 929 hunters harvested 576 elk – 280 bulls and 296 cows/calves...
North Dakota 2025 CWD Test Results February 26, 2026 North Dakota Game and Fish
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department tested 1,224 animals for chronic wasting disease during the 2025 sampling season. Game and Fish confirmed 16 deer tested positive for CWD, all of which were taken by hunters... CWD was not previously detected in units 2B and 3D2...
Lack of Habitat Hinders ND Deer in 2025 Dakota January 9, 2026 North Dakota, NewsDakota.com
... Habitat remained the stumbling block for North Dakota’s deer herds and hunter success in 2025 as a mild winter, and favorable spring and summer conditions could not overcome the lack of fawning areas and cover for the state’s whitetail and mule deer herds... “Mule deer numbers have been trending downward since 2021 in the badlands. We’ve been dealing with severe drought conditions, then that extreme winter in ‘22-23, and we’ve seen below average fawn production since 2021... Nowhere is the decline in whitetail deer numbers in North Dakota more evident than in the eastern third of the state, where loss of conservation reserve program (CRP) acres ... has most impacted fawning and recruitment in the state..,
No mystery why there's fewer deer and fewer hunting licenses in ND. The habitat is gone. November 4, 2025 North Dakota, InForum
... The modern boom of North Dakota wildlife happened in the early 2000s when the federal Conservation Reserve Program — which paid farmers to keep marginally productive land out of production. That’s 3.4 million acres of grass and temporary wetlands and scrubby stuff in which deer and pheasants thrive... Now the state’s CRP land is down 75% or more, to less than a million acres ..,
Decline in deer gun tags remains a hot topic among North Dakota hunters October 31, 2025 North Dakota, InForum
... North Dakota Game and Fish Department offered 42,300 licenses for the 2025 deer gun season ... more than 70,000 people applied for a deer gun lottery license this year, in addition to more than 12,000 gratis applicants ... Habitat drives deer numbers – and ultimately, deer licenses – in North Dakota...
North Dakota Game & Fish Monitoring EHD-related Mortality October 28, 2025 Roundup Web
... “This outbreak appears mild,” Ryckman said. “We see a low level of EHD most years... Similar to 2024, we’re nowhere close to that level, but we have received around 20 reports, primarily focused across Bowman and Adams counties ...
ND Outdoors: Deer season preview October 25, 2025 North Dakota, KFYR-TV
... Whitetail deer numbers are still down across the state. “We’re still coming back from a severe EHD outbreak that we had a few years ago. The population is rebounding slowly. And then the eastern part of the state, we’re still down, but we had that severe winter a few years ago ... it’s really an issue with lack of habitat in the eastern portion of the state,” [ Bill Haase, North Dakota Game and Fish wildlife division chief] “The mule deer in the badlands are fairly stable to slightly lower than they’ve been in the past, I would say. But outside those traditional areas of the badlands, mule deer are doing pretty well." ...
No deer harvest needed within Pierre city limits this year October 20, 2025 North Dakota, DRGNews
... the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department reports that statewide deer populations have been impacted by Chronic Wasting Disease and Hemorrhagic Disease (Bluetongue), contributing to a lower overall population....
A Look Back At North Dakota's Favorite Pet Deer Jonnie/Ruth October 20, 2025 North Dakota, US 103.3
... her name was Jonnie to some and Ruth to others. She was a fixture for numerous farms south of Sterling and over to Braddock for about 5 years... The Fallgatters raised Jonnie as a very young fawn as her mother and sibling were hit and killed by a car. Jonnie was also injured in that accident and suffered a broken leg... [as a fawn] a cast on her leg....
Game and Fish Monitoring EHD-related Mortality October 14, 2025 North Dakota, KFGO
... “This outbreak appears mild,” Ryckman said. “We see a low level of EHD most years.... The combined outbreak in 2020 and 2021 was probably the worst in memory, with extensive mortality across much of western North Dakota. Similar to 2024, we’re nowhere close to that level, but we have received around 20 reports ...
NDGF News: Deer Lottery Held, Licenses Remain June 24, 2025 North Dakota Game and Fish
... More than 70,000 individuals applied for a deer gun lottery license, in addition to over 12,000 gratis applicants. The 2025 deer gun proclamation allows for 42,300 deer gun season licenses..,
Answers About Elk June, 2025 North Dakota Game and Fish Magazine
... a young bull that zigged and zagged his way about 550 miles, crossing Lake Sakakawea multiple times, before continuing south to new, permanent digs where a small elk herd was already established in the Slim Buttes area near Reva, S.D. The young bull’s walkabout took 122 days... Out of the 27 mortalities that we documented, 24 were related to hunting ...
A look back at North Dakota’s 2024 deer season and ahead to 2025 May 20, 2025 Grand Forks Herald
... For the 2025 North Dakota deer season, 42,300 licenses are available to hunters, down 7,800 from last year... High-quality deer habitat is not abundant ... The spring mule deer survey showed western North Dakota’s population is 14% lower than last year, despite a reduced harvest and consecutive mild winters..,
Deer numbers for upcoming season May 10, 2025 North Dakota, KFYR
...Whitetail deer numbers are struggling to rebound because of disease, weather, and lack of good quality habitat... The mule deer population is slightly down from last year..,
Deer gun tags drop nearly 8,000 in North Dakota this year May 8, 2025 KX News
... Wildlife division chief Casey Anderson says despite two straight mild winters, white tail and mule deer are still not rebounding in terms of fawn production. He also points to habitat loss around the state... It’s the fourth straight season that available licenses have been lowered ..,
Deer Season Set, Apply Online May 7, 2025 North Dakota Game and Fish
... North Dakota’s 2025 deer season is set, with 42,300 licenses available to hunters, down 7,800 from last year...Casey Anderson, North Dakota Game and Fish Department wildlife division chief, said population, harvest and survey data indicate the state’s deer population is stable to decreasing throughout the state ..,
Shed hunting in North Dakota Apri 30, 2025 KFYR
... Hunting for deer antlers that have been dropped in the spring of the year is almost as popular as deer hunting itself... “A dead head would be something that, it’s the full skull and the antlers. In North Dakota, there’s a law that you cannot take a dead head without a tag from the Game and Fish,” ...
Governor signs bill on hunting deer with bait in North Dakota April 17, 2025 News From The States
... North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong has signed a bill that forbids state wildlife managers from restricting the use of bait for hunting deer on private property. Senate Bill 2137 ...
Death of expertise hits North Dakota deer hunting April 16, 2025 InForum
... The bill forbids Game and Fish — made up of, you know, experts — from instituting baiting bans on private property in the state, a practice the department says it uses to mitigate the spread of diseases in game populations... CWD ... spreads through close contact, which is why biologists say baiting should not be allowed...
Hunters score victory with bill that overrules North Dakota Game and Fish policy April 11, 2025 North Dakota Monitor
... Charlie Bahnson, wildlife veterinarian for Game and Fish, said in written testimony that chronic wasting disease is still rare in North Dakota, but the department needs the feeding restrictions as a management tool. But Rep. Matt Ruby, R-Minot, argued that the bans have no effect on the spread of the disease that can be fatal in deer. ... North Dakota has had 122 positive tests of chronic wasting disease in deer since 2009 ..,
North Dakota House committee gives 'do-pass' recommendation to baiting bill April 5, 2025 Yahoo
... SB 2137, a bill that would prevent the Game and Fish Department from restricting the use of supplemental feed ... Department prohibits baiting big game on private land in hunting units with confirmed cases of chronic wasting disease or in units within 25 miles of a confirmed CWD case...
North Dakota 2024 Deer Season Summarized March 31, 2025 North Dakota Game and Fish News
A total of 42,416 North Dakota deer hunters took approximately 23,300 deer during the 2024 deer gun hunting season, according to a post-season survey conducted by the state Game and Fish Department. Game and Fish made available 50,100 deer gun licenses last year. Overall hunter success was 55%, with each hunter spending an average of 4.7 days in the field..,
Canned Hunt for Sale: Following successful 2024 deer hunt, East Grand Forks considers 2025 hunt March 25, 2025 North Dakota, Yahoo
... Last year's hunt had 10 tags available — nine antlerless and one buck or antlerless permit, with preference given to city residents. A total of 40 people applied for the tags, including 20 residents and 20 nonresidents... "I would like to see the out-of-towners be eligible for a buck and potentially have a larger fee associated with that buck (tag)," Pokrzywinski said...
North Dakota Outdoors: Winter wildlife March 8, 2025 KFYR-TV on MSN
... With the lack of snow in most places in North Dakota, deer, pheasants and other wildlife were able to easily access food sources ..,
North Dakota 2024 Bighorn Sheep, Moose and Elk Harvests March 3, 2025 NDGF News
... The department issued 238 moose licenses last year. Of that total, 229 hunters harvested 210 animals – 125 bulls and 85 cows/calves.
The department issued 905 elk licenses last year. Of that total, 817 hunters harvested 526 elk – 220 bulls and 306 cows/calves..,
North Dakota CWD Test Results February 20, 2025 NDGF News
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department tested 1,456 animals for chronic wasting disease during the 2024 sampling season. Game and Fish confirmed 17 deer tested positive for CWD, 15 of which were taken by hunters and two were clinical deer confirmed through diagnostic examination..,
CWD, Not every issue has to be a part of the culture wars February 1, 2025 North Dakota, Jamestown Sun
... The fight over chronic wasting disease in North Dakota has turned into a new front in the culture wars ... Dusty Backer, one of the loudest critics of the NDGF's restrictions on bait hunting (which wildlife experts say can contribute to the spread of prion diseases of which CWD is one) agreed to an interview on Plain Talk. He asserted that "prions don't exist." ...
North Dakota hunters debate deer baiting rules January 17, 2025 KFGO
...Orange-clad hunters herded into the North Dakota Capitol on Friday, calling for lawmakers to pass a bill that would end restrictions on using bait for deer hunting...
A legislative fight over chronic wasting disease January 15, 2025 North Dakota, Jamestown Sun
... a very vocal faction of the hunting community ... insist that chronic wasting disease is a hoax, or at the very least an exaggerated threat, and they want state officials stripped of the ability to regulate bait hunting..,
2024 Year in Review January 14, 2025 North Dakota Game and Fish Magazine
... the number one factor in limiting deer production and recruitment in the state is a general lack of key habitat across our landscape. If we are ever to return to issuing the number of deer licenses that we did in the early 2000s, we will need a lot of things to fall into place, including the addition of high-quality wildlife habitat across the state...
North Dakota bill targets Game and Fish Department's CWD management efforts January 14, 2025 Yahoo
... HB 1236 would require that the department use license and application fees only for programs and administration not related to CWD... SB 2137 ... would prevent the Game and Fish Department from prohibiting or restricting the use of supplemental feed on private land ...
Bill would prevent Game and Fish from restricting baiting for big game on private land January 9, 2025 North Dakota, Jamestown Sun
... a bill that would prevent the Game and Fish Department from prohibiting or restricting baiting for big game hunting on private land, again has been introduced in the early days of the 2025 North Dakota Legislature. SB 2137
NDGF gives preview of 2025 seasons and reflects on 2024 January 5, 2025 North Dakota, KFYR
... Whitetail deer numbers in 2024 were still slowly rebounding from previous bad winters and disease ... we’re at a period of time where we’re kind of in rebuilding mode for some of these areas..,
Mule Deer Foundation creates Blacktail Deer Foundation branch December 4, 2024 North Dakota, KX News
... after a 2022 summit on the topic of blacktail deer, the group decided that more attention on the species would be necessary to fulfill their goals ... Foundation (BDF), which focuses on protecting a different type of deer while keeping the same goals of habitat and animal conservation in mind... visit the group’s website here ...
Grand Forks deer numbers might be increasing, but accurate count is elusive November 27, 2024 North Dakota Yahoo
... "Deer are going to keep getting pushed into town," said Jim Job, Grand Forks outreach biologist for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. "They're getting pressure from outside of town, but no pressure on the inside of town or inside of city limits. And people every year grow buffets for the deer in town — the new trees, the flowers, the bushes, abundance of food and no pressure...
Rebounding Populations, Harvest & Rut Align for Deer Hunters November 14, 2024 North Dakota, capjournal.com
... “Our deer herd is down. It’s still recovering from the winter we had two years ago, but as of now we expect to see fairly healthy animals. We had a really nice, mild winter last year which means that those deer came out of winter in healthier condition,” ... Ben Matykiewicz, Big Game Biologist with the North Dakota Game & Fish Department (NDG&F)..,
Mule Deer Foundation receives $750,000 grant November 5, 2024 North Dakota, KX News
... a $750,000 grant from the North Dakota Industrial Commission’s Outdoor Heritage Fund — which will be used to help fix fencing problems that plague animals in the state...
Deer gun season to begin with good numbers amid past EHD outbreak November 3, 2024 North Dakota, KFYR TV on MSN
... “Whitetail deer numbers are trending up so far, as far as we can tell. Anecdotally, we’ve got reports of many twins and fawn production being pretty decent. And so, that’ll bode well in the future,” said Casey Anderson, NDGF wildlife division chief..,
Setting The Stage For 2024 North Dakota Deer Season October 29, 2024 KFGO
... Loss of quality habitat continues to be a challenge for deer... Effects of this are most apparent in the eastern third of the state ... A total of 11 deer tested positive for CWD in 2023, nine of those were harvested by hunters during the regular gun season. All deer testing positive for CWD came from units where the disease was previously detected..,
ND deer health good in slow rebound September 29, 2024 North Dakota, Williston Herald
... Deer populations across the Peace Garden State have recovered from a brutal winter of 2022-23 ... dry summers in 2021 and 2022 which triggered outbreaks of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) across the western portion of the state resulting in significant mortality ... Survival looks like it was really good over the winter ..,
NDGF Game and Fish Monitoring EHD-related Mortality September 23, 2024 North Dakota, KFGO
... “We see a low level of EHD most years... The combined outbreak in 2020 and 2021 was probably the worst in memory ... we have received around 20 reports, primarily focused across northern Stark County ..." Dr. Charlie Bahnson, Game and Fish wildlife veterinarian ..,
North Dakota Hunting Season Outlook September 11, 2024 North Dakota Game and Fish
... Hunter observation and harvest indices indicate deer populations are stable to decreasing with populations below objectives in most units... Loss of quality habitat continues to be a challenge for deer... Mule deer densities remained the same in 2024 compared to 2023 following record low fawn production in 2023, reduced harvest and a very mild winter in 2023-24. The 2024 spring index for mule deer in the badlands was 1% higher than 2023, but 4% below the long-term average..,
Game and Fish veterinarian shares insights on puffy-faced whitetail September 7, 2024 North Dakota, Grand Forks Herald
... The deer, with very noticeable puffiness on both sides of its face, reminded me of Dizzy Gillespie ... According to ... Dr. Charlie Bahnson, wildlife veterinarian for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department in Bismarck... the doe likely has “food impaction ... That results from partial facial paralysis most often attributed to infection with ‘arterial worms,’ ...
Deer population down as archery season nears opening day August 27, 2024 North Dakota KFYR
... the population is down due to outbreaks of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease, more commonly known as Bluetongue disease, in 2021, and Chronic Wasting Disease. The brutal winter in 2022 also didn’t help deer numbers. A mild winter in 2023 and a wet spring in 2024 are helping revitalize the population..,
Feds propose opening 4 North Dakota refuges to elk hunting August 1, 2024 Jamestown Sun
... The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday, Aug. 1, said it is proposing to expand public access to hunting and fishing on 12 national wildlife refuges, including four in North Dakota... public comments on the proposed rulemaking through Aug. 31. The proposed rule details can be accessed at http://www.regulations.gov ...
Detection of Chronic Wasting Disease Prions in Prairie Soils from Endemic Regions 2024 Environmental Science & Technology
... In the prairie area of South Saskatchewan where the CWD prevalence rate in male mule deer is greater than 70%, 75% of the soil samples tested were positive, while in the low-prevalence prairie region of North Dakota (11% prevalence in male mule deer), none of the soils contained prion seeding activity...
Mule deer mortality in the northern Great Plains in a landscape altered by oil and natural gas extraction June, 2024, The Journal of Wildlife Management
... We evaluated the potential effects of oil and natural gas development on mortality risk of mule deer in western North Dakota and eastern Montana, USA... During the study there was no effect of oil and natural gas development or roads on mule deer mortality, though <1% of all deer locations were within 500 m of active drilling rigs...
ND deer gun lottery application deadline approaching; fewer tags available May 18, 2024 North Dakota, Fargo KVLY-TV on MSN.com
... Deer gun hunters will have fewer opportunities to harvest a deer in 2024, and that’s because of extreme conditions during the winter of 2022-23, and little or no fawn production last spring... the population hasn’t bounced back after that bad winter...
Mule Deer Survey Completed May 13, 2024 North Dakota Game and Fish
... The overall mule deer density in the badlands was 7.1 deer per square mile... densities remained the same compared to 2023 following last year’s record low fawn production, reduced gun harvest and a mild winter in 2023-24... The 2024 spring survey results were largely influenced by the 2022-23 record-setting harsh winter, which resulted in mule deer does being in poor body condition last spring and record low fawn production in 2023 ...
New genus of tiny, hornless deer that lived 32 million years ago discovered at Badlands May 9, 2024 South Dakota, CBS News
... in an area around what is now southwestern South Dakota ... The study ... findings, suggested that all of these deer were hornless and roughly the size of a modern household cat... close relatives of mouse deer ... But certain features of this creature were unlike anything else ...
North Dakota Deer Season Set, Apply Online May 6, 2024 North Dakota Game and Fish
... with 50,100 licenses available to hunters, down 3,300 from last year. In addition, muzzleloader licenses decreased by 66 ... Casey Anderson, North Dakota Game and Fish Department wildlife division chief, said population, harvest and survey data indicate the state’s deer population is stable to decreasing in the southeastern part of the state ..,
Conservation groups praise BLM ruling; North Dakota lawmakers criticize April 27, 2024 Grand Forks Herald
... the Interior Department’s rule would overhaul the management of 245 million acres of land that falls under BLM management, putting less emphasis on resource extraction to the benefit of conservation, fish and wildlife habitat and recreation...
CWD cases in North Dakota in 2023 not in new areas; 2025 testing will give truer picture of disease's extent April 15, 2024 North Dakota, The Bismarck Tribune
... 11 documented cases in deer during the 2023 CWD surveillance season ... wildlife officials believe the disease continues to move both northward and southward in the western half -- where it has taken root in the last 15 years and where all of last year's cases were confirmed..,
APHIS supports projects to control and prevent chronic wasting disease April 11, 2024 North Dakato, KFGO
... USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service this week announced the availability of more than $12 million to control and prevent chronic wasting disease in wild and farmed deer and elk...
NDGF announces Mule Deer Survey; CWD Test Results March 25, 2024 North Dakota, KX News
... With the 2023 Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance season completed, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department reported 11 deer tested positive ... all these cases came from units where CWD has already been detected ..,
North Dakota 2023 Deer Season Summarized. March 21, 2024, North Dakota Game and Fish
... A total of 45,927 North Dakota deer hunters took approximately 25,146 deer during the 2023 deer gun hunting season, according to a post-season survey conducted by the state Game and Fish Department..,
North Dakota 2023 Bighorn Sheep, Moose and Elk Harvests March 6, 2024 NDGF News
... hunter success during the 2023 season for bighorn sheep was 100%, 89% for moose and 71% for elk... The department issued 253 moose licenses last year. Of that total, 246 hunters harvested 219 animals – 132 bulls and 87 cows/calves ... The department issued 649 elk licenses last year. Of that total, 589 hunters harvested 418 elk – 190 bulls and 228 cows/calves..,
Badlands deer hunting pressure takes center stage as outdoors issue December 15, 2023 North Dakota, Yahoo! Sports
... "Especially from archery hunters. The hunting pressure is taking away from the quality of the hunt. And then from the gun hunters — they're getting frustrated because it's more and more difficult to draw that coveted (mule deer) gun tag." [Bill Haase, assistant wildlife chief for Game and Fish] ..,
ND deer hunters report yet another down year December 5, 2023 North Dakota, KX News
... just over 50% of the surveyed individuals harvested a deer in November. This continues a downward trend from 2020 when North Dakota hunters had about a 67% success rate..,
Grizzlies Moving Eastward To North Dakota November 16, 2023 Cowboy State Daily
... “The last grizzly sighting in North Dakota was in the late 1800s,” Haase said. By the mid-1970s, there were only small pockets of grizzlies left in the Yellowstone National Park area of Wyoming and in Montana’s rugged Northern Continental Divide... In northcentral Montana, they’ve pushed eastward across the prairies ..,
Habitat is the key for a strong deer population November 14, 2023 North Dakota, Grand Forks Herald, Doug Leier
... department biologists conducted aerial surveys on all hunting units in the state during the winter of 2023. The Wing-Tuttle monitoring block (units 2J1 and 2J2) was flown in January and again in April, and deer numbers had declined by 53% during that time period – 53% in just a few months..,
A short history of deer in North Dakota November 11, 2023 Prairie Public Broadcasting
... In his 1926 A Biological Survey of North Dakota, Arthur Bailey noted that mule deer apparently occupied all of North Dakota prior to European settlement. But change was in the wind, and by 1890 deer were mostly extirpated from the state..,
Remembering North Dakota's Favorite Pet Deer Jonnie/Ruth November 10, 2023 US 103.3
... her name was Jonnie to some and Ruth to others. She was a fixture for numerous farms south of Sterling and over to Braddock for about 5 years... The Fallgatters raised Jonnie as a very young fawn as her mother and sibling were hit and killed by a car... Jonnie would raise a couple of young fawns of her own ...
A dwindling deer population means less deer crashes for North Dakotans November 9, 2023 North Dakota, Minot-Bsmrck-Dcknsn(Wlstn) KFYR-TV
... Bill Haase, NDGF assistant wildlife division chief... .The number of vehicular deer crashes has been trending down since 2020... [from 10 years ago] habitat started to diminish ... three years ago, we had EHD, which is a disease outbreak that kills whitetail deer. Then, we had that again two years ago. Then, the severe winter ... last winter, the storms alone cut the population down by about 50 percent...
North Dakota deer hunting season opens Friday November 9, 2023 The Bismarck Tribune
... deer licenses granted by Game and Fish fell 17% from 2022's total...A big reason for that decline is loss of habitat due to farming practice changes and energy development. Other factors ... are disease, predation, impacts of the previous winter on population and the previous year's harvest success rates... Whitetail populations are down in northeastern North Dakota ... harsh winters ..,
ND Game and Fish encourages hunters to submit deer heads to test for Chronic Wasting Disease November 3, 2023 North Dakota, WDAY Radio
... A full list of collection sites, how to safely place the heads at those locations, and self sampling kits can be found by clicking here. ...
North Dakota’s deer season opens at noon Nov. 10; here’s what’s in store October 28, 2023 Grand Forks Herald
... The North Dakota Game and Fish Department offered 53,400 deer gun licenses this year, down 10,800 tags from last year and the lowest since 2016... “The severity of winter conditions this year was record-setting, particularly in the eastern half of the state,” ..,
Compromise reached for deer hunting September 5, 2023 The Bismarck Tribune
... Game and Fish says it will allow deer baiting restrictions to be lifted in hunting units where CWD has been found if the number of adult deer equivalent to at least 10% of allocated gun licenses are tested for the disease within a year and all results are negative...
Habitat Remains Concern for Deer Rebound August 31, 2023 News Dakota
... With an accommodating late spring and summer under their feet the herds are poised for a comeback, recovering from the stresses of the cold weather season. That comeback, however, may be limited in both speed and scope by the amount of habitat ... . Even just in the last 10 years the decline in habitat has become noticeable and has greatly limited the numbers of deer and other wildlife on the landscape..,
North Dakota 2023 Hunting Season Outlook August 30, 2023 North Dakota Outdoors Magazine
... [Whitetail Deer]: The Game and Fish Department made available 53,400 licenses for the 2023 deer gun hunting season, a decrease of 10,800 following a brutal winter that arrived in November and hung around until April. [Mule Deer]: Mule deer declined across the western edge of the state following extreme winter conditions that started in November and lasted into April. The 2023 spring index for mule deer in the badlands was 29% lower than the 2022 index ...
Roadmap for lifting deer baiting restrictions outlined in North Dakota CWD plan August 21, 2023 North Dakota, Grand Forks Herald
... will allow deer baiting restrictions to be lifted in hunting units where chronic wasting disease has been found, if the number of adult deer equivalent to at least 10% of allocated gun licenses are tested for CWD within a year and all results are negative..,
Wildlife Crossings May 12, 2023 North Dakota Outdoors
... on U.S. Highway 85 south of the Long X Bridge ... This crossing experienced 386 and 989 mule deer approaching the crossing in 2021 and 2022 with a successful crossing rate of 91% and 93% ... “Our current elk monitoring program with the GPS collars is indicating that elk want to cross just south of the badlands area on Highway 85,” ...
2023 ND deer season set with about 10,000 fewer licenses May 6, 2023 North Dakota, KFYR
... Whitetail deer populations were slowly heading in the right direction after the winters of 2009, ‘10, ‘11, but the combination of a major EHD Outbreak in 2021 in central North Dakota and this year’s extreme winter conditions impacted their populations..,
Game and Fish announces drastic cut in deer licenses May 5, 2023 North Dakota, Grand Forks Herald
... The state's deer population is decreasing, especially in eastern hunting units...“The severity of winter conditions this year was record setting, particularly in the eastern half of the state,” .., see the state press release
Mule Deer Survey Completed May 1, 2023 North Dakota Game and Fish
... The North Dakota Game and Fish Department completed its annual mule deer survey, and results indicate western North Dakota’s mule deer population is 29% lower than last year and 5% below the long-term average..,
Habitat a focus of Game and Fish Department presentation on deer numbers April 29, 2023 North Dakota, YAHOO!News
...White-tailed deer numbers declined in nearly every part of the state. In the Red River Valley ... whitetail counts in Unit 2C north of Grand Forks were down 29.3% from 2022 ...Numbers in Unit 2B, an area extending roughly from Grand Forks to Fargo, were down 47.5%. Whitetail numbers in Unit 2A in the far southeast corner of the state declined 26.5%..,