North Dakota lottery held

The results are out for the 2011 gun and muzzleloader season.

With the few licenses they give out to NR hunters, somehow I drew both a buck rifle and muzzleloader tag.

That along with my archery tag will give me a complete fall of great deer hunting.

I should go out and buy a lottery ticket today.

I have drawn a buck rifle tag 5 of the past 7 years. For the few that are offered to the NR hunter, I must have a can of luck somewhere.

Thats awesome I have a friend in ND that hasn’t even drawn 5 out of 7 years as a resident, less yet two tags in one year as a NR! I don’t gamble, but even that kind of luck would get me out buying a ticket or two. Wish ya the best of luck this fall, there are some truly tremendous bucks up there

Awesome!! Good luck up there, I can’t wait to read the stories and see some pics.

I have been hunting in ND for approx 22 seasons for rifle and archery.

The archery tag can be purchased over the counter but the rifle tag is by lottery only. Only 1% of the tags available in each zone go to the NS. Of that 1%, half of them go to the guides so yes, it is tough to pull buck tags.

I have a theory why I get drawn but it is just a theory with no proof or evidence to support it.

I get drawn way too many times for pure luck. I am not that lucky nor do I believe anyone is.

All I know is that thier computer likes me.

All the zones of course are different for the number of tags available and the number of people applied for in the lottery.

We have many that apply but with the economy and the hard winter the past 3 years, maybe the apps are way down. I will have to wait and see how many tags are left over after lottery 1 to know for sure how the lottery was applied for in regards to numbers.

If there are no doe tags left like the past 3 years, then many people applied.

Congrats on the tags!

Just curious, what part of the state are you hunting.

Good luck!

We have a little over 2 sections of land along the Sheyenne river and the Sheyenne Nat. Grasslands about 60 miles SW of Fargo. It’s zone 2G1.

Good for you, great area!

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We have a little over 2 sections of land along the Sheyenne river and the Sheyenne Nat. Grasslands

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Wow, thats awesome man! A guy could really grow some monsters with that kind of acreage under the thumb. Good luck and be sure to throw us ‘less lucky’ a few pics this fall

We are very selective in what we shoot for bucks. Our neighbors do the exact same thing.

We have always had good buck hunting but in the past 3 winters, we have lost many mature bucks due to the hard winters.

I took the one in my avatar about 5 years ago with my rifle.

If I remember correctly, he was scored at 180 and a few eights. Was a very even and clean 6×6.