North Dakota’s 2024 deer gun season saw just over 42,000 hunters head to the field, with a harvest of approximately 23,300 deer, according to a post-season report from the Game and Fish Department. The agency released a breakdown of success rates across hunting methods and license types, offering a snapshot of last year’s results as they prepare for 2025 license recommendations.
- 42,416 deer hunters participated in the 2024 deer gun season
- Approximately 23,300 deer were harvested
- 50,100 deer gun licenses were made available
- Overall hunter success rate: 55%
- Average time spent hunting: 4.7 days per hunter
- White-tailed deer harvest success:
- Antlered: 49%
- Antlerless: 44%
- Mule deer harvest success:
- Buck: 80%
- Antlerless: 78%
- General success by license type:
- Any antlered license: 61% success
- Any antlerless license: 56% success
- Gratis licenses:
- 11,920 licenses issued
- 9,484 hunters harvested 4,199 deer
- Success rate: 44%
- Muzzleloader season:
- 956 licenses issued
- 790 hunters harvested 232 white-tailed deer
- 116 antlered
- 116 antlerless
- Success rate: 29%
- Archery season:
- 27,102 licenses issued
- 23,993 resident
- 3,109 nonresident
- 22,449 bowhunters harvested 5,794 deer
- 4,884 whitetails
- 910 mule deer
- Success rate: 26%
- 27,102 licenses issued
As the Game and Fish Department looks ahead to 2025, they’ll use this harvest data, along with results from winter aerial surveys, hunter feedback, depredation reports, and public input from advisory board meetings to determine next season’s license recommendations.
