Wednesday, March 25, is the deadline for North Dakota residents who want a chance to hunt elk, moose and bighorn sheep this fall.
Apply online by going to the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s website, gf.nd.gov. General lottery applications can also be submitted by calling (800) 406-6409. Preferential landowner (gratis) applications must be submitted online.
Game and Fish will determine the status of the bighorn sheep season Sept. 1, after summer population surveys are completed. Bighorn sheep applications still must be submitted before the deadline. Once total licenses are determined for each unit in late summer, the bighorn lottery will then be held and successful applicants will be contacted to select a hunting unit.
Elk, moose and bighorn sheep lottery licenses are issued as once-in-a-lifetime licenses in North Dakota. Hunters who have received a license through the lottery in the past are not eligible to apply for that species again.
