The North Dakota Game and Fish Department closed the mountain lion late hunting season in Zone 1 on Sunday. The zone’s late-season harvest limit of either seven total cats or three females was reached after the seventh cat was taken, Game and Fish said.
A conditional season in Zone 1 will open Saturday, Dec. 21, for hunters to pursue the additional two mountain lions that were not taken during the early season. The Zone 1 early season harvest limit was eight cats, and only six were taken.
The conditional season will close March 31, 2020, or immediately once the second cat is taken. Early season regulations apply, which means hunters are not allowed to use dogs. In addition, hunters who harvested a lion during the early or late season are not eligible to participate.
Zone 1 includes land south of state Highway 1804 from the Montana border to the point where Highway 1804 lies directly across Lake Sakakawea from North Dakota Highway 8, crossing Lake Sakakawea then south along state Highway 8 to state Highway 200, then west on state Highway 200 to U.S. Highway 85, then south on U.S. Highway 85 to the South Dakota border.
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The mountain lion season in Zone 2, which is the rest of the state outside Zone 1, has no harvest limit and is open through March 31, 2020.
