Elk NetworkNorth Dakota Elk Hunters Fare Well in 2018

General | March 1, 2019

Harvest statistics released by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department show overall hunter success during the 2018 season for bighorn sheep was 100 percent, 92 percent for moose and 65 percent for elk.

The department issued two bighorn sheep licenses and auctioned one. All three hunters harvested a bighorn ram.

The department issued 329 moose licenses last year. Of that total, 319 hunters harvested 294 animals – 138 bulls and 156 cows/calves.

Go here to see harvest totals for each unit.

(Photo source: North Dakota Game and Fish Department)