The North Dakota hunting seasons listed below are for the 2022-2023 hunting season.
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If you are a predator hunter check out these specific guides:
Hunting coyotes in North Dakota.
Hunting bobcats in North Dakota.
North Dakota hunting season for Antelope.
Pronghorn
Bow
Opens: Fri, 09/02/2022
Season Dates Status: TentativeLottery Deadline: Wed, 08/03/2022 Lottery Deadline Date Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Pronghorn
Gun or Bow
Opens: Fri, 10/07/2022Season Dates Status: TentativeLottery Deadline: Wed, 08/03/2022Lottery Deadline Date Status: TentativeHunting Information – Pronghorn
North Dakota hunting season for partridge, pheasant, quail, and grouse.
Doves Regular
Statewide Opens: Thu, 09/01/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Doves
Hungarian Partridge Regular
Statewide Opens: Sat, 09/10/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Hungarian Partridge
Ruffed Grouse Regular
Restricted Opens: Sat, 09/10/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Ruffed Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse Regular
Statewide (see exceptions)Opens: Sat, 09/10/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Sharp-tailed Grouse
Ring-necked Pheasants Regular (Male Pheasants Only)
Statewide Opens: Sat, 10/08/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Ring-necked Pheasants
Ring-necked Pheasants (Youth Season)
Statewide Opens: Sat, 10/01/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Ring-necked Pheasants (Youth Season)
North Dakota hunting season for Bighorn Sheep.
Regular
B1, B3, B4, B5 Opens: Fri, 10/28/2022 Closes: Sat, 12/31/2022
Season Dates Status: Finalized Lottery Deadline: Wed, 03/23/2022 Lottery Deadline Date Status: Finalized Hunting Information – Bighorn Sheep
North Dakota hunting seasons for crow, snipe, woodcock, and dove.
Crow Spring – Regular
Statewide Opens: Sat, 03/12/2022 Closes: Sun, 04/24/2022
Season Dates Status: Finalized Hunting Information – Crow
Fall – Regular
Opens: Sat, 08/20/2022Season Dates Status: TentativeHunting Information – Crow
Wilson’s Snipe Regular
Statewide Opens: Sat, 09/10/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Wilson’s Snipe
Woodcock Regular
Statewide Opens: Sat, 09/24/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Woodcock
North Dakota hunting seasons for duck.
Ducks and Coots Veteran/Active Military Personnel Waterfowl Season
Statewide Opens: Sat, 09/17/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative
Hunting Information – Ducks and Coots
Ducks and Coots, Mergansers Resident
Opens: Sat, 09/24/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Ducks and Coots, Mergansers Opens: Sat, 09/24/2022 Season Dates Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Ducks and Coots, Mergansers
Regular
Opens: Sat, 10/01/2022
Season Dates Status: TentativeHunting Information – Ducks and Coots, Mergansers Opens: Sat, 10/01/2022 Season Dates Status: TentativeHunting Information – Ducks and Coots, Mergansers
Ducks (Youth Waterfowl Season)
Statewide Opens: Sat, 09/17/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Ducks (Youth Waterfowl Season)
North Dakota hunting seasons for Goose.
White-fronted Geese Regular – Nonresident
Statewide Opens: Sat, 10/01/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Hunting Information – White-fronted Geese
Regular – Resident
Statewide Opens: Sat, 09/24/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Hunting Information – White-fronted Geese
Light Geese Early Resident Waterfowl
Opens: Sat, 09/24/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Light Geese
Regular Waterfowl
Opens: Sat, 10/01/2022Season Dates Status: TentativeHunting Information – Light Geese
Light Geese (Spring Conservation Order)
Statewide Opens: Sat, 02/19/2022 Closes: Sun, 05/15/2022
Season Dates Status: Finalized Hunting Information – Light Geese (Spring Conservation Order)
Canada Geese
Regular – Nonresident
Opens: Sat, 10/01/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Canada Geese
Regular – Resident
Opens: Sat, 09/24/2022Season Dates Status: TentativeHunting Information – Canada Geese
Canada Geese (Early Season)
August Management Take/Early September Season
Opens: Mon, 08/15/2022
Season Dates Status: TentativeHunting Information – Canada Geese (Early Season)
Hunting seasons for Sand Hill Crane and Tundra Swan.
Sandhill Crane Regular
Unit 2 Opens: Sat, 09/17/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Sandhill Crane
Unit 1 Opens: Sat, 09/17/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Sandhill Crane
Tundra Swan Regular
Statewide Opens: Sat, 10/01/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Lottery Deadline: Wed, 08/17/2022 Lottery Deadline Date Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Tundra Swan
Turkey seasons.
Turkey Fall – Regular
All open units Opens: Sat, 10/08/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Lottery Deadline: Wed, 09/07/2022 Lottery Deadline Date Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Turkey
Turkey (Youth Spring Season)
All open units Opens: Sat, 04/09/2022 Closes: Sun, 05/15/2022
Season Dates Status: FinalizedHunting Information – Turkey (Youth Spring Season)
Spring Regular
All open units Opens: Sat, 04/09/2022 Closes: Sun, 05/15/2022
Season Dates Status: Finalized Lottery Deadline: Wed, 02/16/2022 Lottery Deadline Date Status: Finalized Hunting Information – Turkey (Spring Season)
Moose Hunting seasons.
Bow
M5, M6, M8, M9, M10, M11 Opens: Fri, 09/02/2022 Closes: Sun, 09/25/2022
Season Dates Status: Finalized Lottery Deadline: Wed, 03/23/2022 Lottery Deadline Date Status: Finalized Hunting Information – Moose
Regular
M5, M6, M8, M9, M10, M11Opens: Fri, 10/07/2022 Closes: Sun, 10/30/2022
Season Dates Status: Finalized Lottery Deadline: Wed, 03/23/2022 Lottery Deadline Date Status: Finalized Hunting Information – Moose
North Dakota deer seasons.
Deer, Mule and White-tailed
Muzzleloader
Statewide Opens: Fri, 11/25/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Lottery Deadline: Wed, 06/08/2022 Lottery Deadline Date Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Deer, Mule and White-tailed
Bow
Statewide Opens: Fri, 09/02/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Deer, Mule and White-tailed
Regular
All Units Opens: Fri, 11/04/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Lottery Deadline: Wed, 06/08/2022 Lottery Deadline Date Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Deer, Mule and White-tailed
Deer, Mule and White-tailed (Youth Season)
Statewide Opens: Fri, 09/16/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Lottery Deadline: Wed, 06/08/2022 Lottery Deadline Date Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Deer, Mule and White-tailed (Youth Season)
North Dakota hunting season for elk.
Elk Regular
E6 Opens: Mon, 11/21/2022 Closes: Sun, 01/01/2023Season Dates Statu
E1E, E2 Opens: Fri, 10/07/2022 Closes: Sun, 01/01/2023
E1W Opens: Fri, 10/07/2022 Closes: Sun, 01/01/2023
E3, E4 Opens: Fri, 09/02/2022 Closes: Sun, 01/01/2023
E5 Opens: Fri, 09/02/2022 Closes: Sun, 01/01/2023
E6 Opens: Fri, 10/07/2022 Closes: Thu, 11/03/2022
Bow
E1E, E1W, E2, E6 Opens: Fri, 09/02/2022 Closes: Sun, 09/25/2022
North Dakota hunting seasons for furbearers.
Fisher
Regular – Traps, cable devices
Open Area Only Opens: Mon, 11/21/2022
Season Dates Status: Tentative Hunting Information – Fisher
