NDGF Bighorn Sheep Ashley Peterson
Harvest statistics released by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department show overall hunter success during the 2024 season was 100% for bighorn sheep, 92% for moose and 64% for elk.
The department issued six bighorn sheep licenses and auctioned one. All seven hunters harvested a bighorn ram.
The department issued 238 moose licenses last year. Of that total, 229 hunters harvested 210 animals – 125 bulls and 85 cows/calves. Harvest for each unit follows:
| Unit | Hunters | Bulls | Cow/Calf | Success Rate |
| M5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 63 |
| M6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 100 |
| M8 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 93 |
| M9 | 76 | 33 | 36 | 91 |
| M10
M11 |
78
42 |
43
22 |
31
16 |
95
91 |
The department issued 905 elk licenses last year. Of that total, 817 hunters harvested 526 elk – 220 bulls and 306 cows/calves. Harvest for each unit follows:
| Unit | Hunters | Bulls | Cow/Calf | Success Rate |
| E1E
E1W |
147
198 |
38
42 |
36
91 |
50
67 |
| E2 | 149 | 37 | 60 | 65 |
| E3 | 285 | 80 | 114 | 68 |
| E4
E6 |
24
14 |
19
4 |
1
4 |
83
57 |
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