In total, 21,960 bow hunters harvested 8,978 deer (7,988 whitetails, 990 mule deer), for a success rate of 41 percent. Hunter success was 41 percent.Ī total of 27,582 archery licenses (24,902 resident, 2,680 nonresident) were issued in 2019. Game and Fish issued 11,981 gratis licenses in 2019, and 9,767 hunters harvested 5,416 deer, for a success rate of 56 percent.Ī total of 1,206 muzzleloader licenses were issued in 2019, and 1,040 hunters harvested 426 white-tailed deer (222 antlered, 204 antlerless). Buck hunters had a success rate of 68 percent, while doe hunters had a success rate of 65 percent.
Hunters with any-antlered or any-antlerless licenses generally harvest white-tailed deer, as these licenses are predominantly in units with mostly whitetails. Mule deer buck success was 78 percent, and antlerless mule deer was 79 percent. Hunter success for antlered white-tailed deer was 64 percent, and antlerless whitetail was 58 percent. Overall hunter success was 64 percent, with each hunter spending an average of 4.3 days in the field. Game and Fish made available 65,500 deer gun licenses last year. A total of 57,949 North Dakota deer hunters took approximately 37,250 deer during the 2019 deer gun hunting season, according to a post-season survey conducted by the state Game and Fish Department.
