One deer per licence, of the type the licence describes, and party hunting is not allowed. Any deer with at least one visible antler counts as antlered. Guide p. 3.
You
What you pay, and in several states what you are even offered.
Residency
North Dakota Game and Fish Department prices residents and non-residents differently, and sells some tags to only one of them.
Licences
Without one of these there is no legal way to hunt deer here.
Tags and permits
Good anywhere in the state.
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Nothing in your wallet yet
Tick what you hold and the calendar starts answering for you rather than for everybody. North Dakota Game and Fish Department sells them at the link below.
Prices are what the North Dakota Game and Fish Department printed for 2026-27, and are here to help you recognise a tag rather than to sell you one.
North Dakota deer seasons, 2026-27
North Dakota’s 2026-27 deer seasons run September 4, 2026 to January 3, 2027, and what is open on a given day depends on the deer gun unit your stand is in. Drop a pin above and this app reads the deer gun unit off it, then answers the rest from there — the dates, the legal arms, the bag limits and the shooting hours, transcribed page by page from the North Dakota Game and Fish Department digest. It is a planning aid, not the law: check the digest before you hunt.
Every screen for North Dakota
Today in North Dakota — Whether the season is open at your pin this morning, what you may take, and the legal light either end of the day.
Map in North Dakota — Drop a pin and see the unit, the public land and the property lines under it.
Weather in North Dakota — Wind, temperature and the scent cone over your ground, hour by hour, for the days you can still choose between.
Calendar in North Dakota — Every day your tags are good for in your unit, from opening day to the end of the season.
Rut in North Dakota — When the rut runs where you hunt, and which week is worth taking off.
Rules in North Dakota — The legal arms, bag limits, antler restrictions and shooting hours that apply at your pin.
Tags in North Dakota — The licences and permits you hold — what turns the published season into your season.
The other states
Alabama deer seasons — 2026-27, October 1, 2026 to February 10, 2027, by deer zone.
Alaska deer seasons — 2026-27, August 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026, by game management subunit.
Arizona deer seasons — 2026-27, August 21, 2026 to January 31, 2027, by Game Management Unit.
Arkansas deer seasons — 2026-27, August 29, 2026 to February 28, 2027, by deer zone.