muledeerjunkie
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The North Dakota deer lottery results are out, did anyone draw their first choice tag?
Anyone pull a ND deer tag?
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Beartooth83
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That's a negative of the first choice. But I got a whitetail doe tag for 4D.
teamhoyt
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hell I can't even draw an archery tag!
muledeerjunkie
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Roger that over! Your odds of pulling a whitetail doe tag in a mule deer unit is pretty decent.
I was negative on my first choice and muzzleloader too, but I did walk away with a gratis tag... Although I do owe a big thank you to my beautiful wife for letting me hunt her land!
muledeerjunkie
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You can still purchase the nonresident "any whitetail" archery tag, but the "any deer" (which included mule deer buck) has become a tough draw. My Brother-In-Law was pulling the NR "any deer" archery tag at least 2 out of every 3 years (or more), but that was before all these TV personalities started filming hunts here...
Badlandcat
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1st choice NR Rifle and 1st choice NR Archery! Going to be spending a little time over there chasing Muleys this year.
muledeerjunkie
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1st choice NR Rifle and 1st choice NR Archery!
I hope you bought a Powerball lottery ticket too!
alwayshunting
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No tags for me. Not even a doe in my second unit. Will have 7 points for muzzy next year. I will try to get one of the leftover doe tags though.
8andcounting
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We went 5 for 7 in our group all buck tags for eastern nd . Most tags we've had in many years . Should be great time
naturebob
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I drew first choice, souris refuge ,any antlered deer.........BOB!
smalls
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I drew nothing but my niece drew a youth mulie tag so I am hoping to be able to coordinate my time off to assist her. It should be a great year for it as lush as it's been out in western ND.
alwayshunting
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There were more applicants denied a tag this year than drew a tag. This includes both buck and doe tags.
8andcounting
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People like to complain about it but if you pick and choose the right area there are tags to get . In western part of ND there are units where whitetail buck tags were drawn on second choice ! And these units do have a decent amount of accessible public land . However I do know that not everyone can afford to travel or have the time to travel somewhere to deer hunt I get that . It's most convenient to hunt close to where you live and for lots of us that means hard to draw tags . I wonder how many people from nd started to go to montana on the leftover combo tags ? I would bet many
muledeerjunkie
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I know several folks doing this, myself included.
mrmedora
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muledeerjunkie, consider myself in that category, except I started building preference points in Wyoming for antelope and elk. I realize I can purchase antelope already with no points, but I am building for a "premium" area for when my boys come of age. Either way, the boys will be coming along for an awesome father-son time in Wyoming in the future!
