2026 Deer Season Set

[luvcatchingbass]

Great idea, as long as that land I would be paying for is open to public hunting...

I think open to public hunting does need to be part of it, hence why I put PLOTS in there, but I think that once a piece of crop land goes into say CPR that area cannot be hunted for 2-3yrs in order to give the wildlife time to move in, if an area is already established as hay or grassland maybe that is 1yr. Also weed control NEEDS to be managed much better and if the landowner chooses not to do a decent job of maintenance then their payment will be greatly reduced.

 

[Ruttin]

I really believe this will be the new normal for ND Deer hunting. I do not see a scenario where we get much above 40,000 tags issued per year ever again. Sucks, but the habitat is never coming back to support a large deer herd.

 

[Eatsleeptrap]

If it is, then shut it down to non-residents. Archery too. North Dakota first shouldnt be thought of any differently than America first right? And off we go.....

 

[wslayer]

CRP or Soil Bank will "never" come back again in ND. Would never be able to pay near enough to compensate for letting land sit idle compared to crop production.
G&F will not omit nonresident licenses for anything as I'm sure they have small town breathing down they're necks about the loss of dollars spent in the establishments if it were eliminated. ( and we all know, minimal is spent).
I don't hunt out of state but about the time we lock out the nonresidents, similar states may do the same to us, so their goes your Montana deer,elk,antelope, muley hunts. Wyoming, Colorado, etc possibly the same.
The biggest nonresident issue I have is for fishing. If your state is not open for the season, ours is closed to you also "until" your season begins. My2¢