Predictions for deer season 26

[fly2cast]

Curious what your predictions are for the amount of tags for the 26 ND deer season. More, less or the same as 25? I saw so few deer last year with many hours in the field that I think it's going to be quite a bit less unfortunately.

 

[Rut2much]

https://kfgo.com/2026/03/17/1274556/

No doe tags, bucks harvested have to have 15-16" minimum spread (similar to minimum 50" moose regs elsewhere) and no nr tags for a year and reassess.

 

[Obi-Wan]

Remind us why they shut down Antelope season for a few years in the early 2010s. Did it work ?

 

[Jiffy]

I predict I won’t apply.

 

[bucksnbears]

Cutting tags won't help much for you fellas I'm afraid.

Unless there is new habitat, it's just a bandage.

 

[fly2cast]

They can cut tags. They cut about 100,000 since 2010. I'd like to see what your thoughts are for how many tags there will be based on what you saw last year.

 

[Rut2much]

Hot topics of devils lake going downhill and cancelling deer season just kinda makes me think the ndgf should start gathering what the actual residents opinions are because "this" just isn't working.
You can't just keep catering to everybody while emptying out the cupboards for the guests who don't even live in the house.