Harvest statistics released by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department show overall hunter success during the 2021 season for bighorn sheep was 80% percent, 90 percent for moose and 65 percent for elk.
The department issued four bighorn sheep licenses and auctioned one. Four hunters harvested a bighorn ram.
The department issued 470 moose licenses last year. Of that total, 448 hunters harvested 405 animals – 163 bulls and 242 cows/calves. Harvest for each unit follows:
| Unit | Hunters | Bulls | Cow/Calf | Success Rate |
| M5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100 |
| M6 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 100 |
| M8 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 93 |
| M9 | 114 | 33 | 67 | 88 |
| M10
M11 |
179
125 |
56
45 |
108
67 |
92
90 |
The department issued 532 elk licenses last year. Of that total, 462 hunters harvested 301 elk – 158 bulls and 143 cows/calves. Harvest for each unit follows:
| Unit | Hunters | Bulls | Cow/Calf | Success Rate |
| E1E
E1W |
74
54 |
24
20 |
23
25 |
64
83 |
| E2 | 123 | 39 | 40 | 64 |
| E3 | 177 | 57 | 52 | 62 |
| E4
E6 |
22
12 |
15
3 |
0
3 |
68
50 |
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