Arrowwood NWR
Stutsman County, ND
!1 special✕1 closed
🦌🦃🐦🐇🎣
12.7K huntable acres
State guide · 2026–2027 season
North Dakota Wildlife Refuge Hunting
North Dakota has 35 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuges and stations in our database, 30 of which list hunting opportunities, plus 1,209 named Waterfowl Production Areas covering 294,452 acres of walk-in public land. The largest huntable refuge areas are J. Clark Salyer NWR (58.9K ac), Devils Lake WMD (52.7K ac) and Kulm WMD (45.1K ac).
35refuges & stations
58hunt units
499Khuntable acres
1,209WPAs
Map of refuges & WPAs in North Dakota
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North Dakota by the numbers
- Open293,379 ac 56%
- Special regulations205,628 ac 39%
- Closed25,802 ac 5%
59.3K
53.3K
45.1K
32.2K
27.3K
26.2K
23.7K
23.2K
19.7K
18.8K
16K
14.8K
14.2K
All refuges & stations in North Dakota
Arrowwood WMD
Stutsman County, ND
✓1 open
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
6.3K huntable acres
Audubon NWR
McLean County, ND
!1 special✕1 closed
🦌🦃🐦🐇🎣
3.2K huntable acres
Audubon WMD
McLean County, ND
✓1 open!1 special
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
26.2K huntable acres
Chase Lake NWR
Stutsman County, ND
!1 special
🦌
4.4K huntable acres
Chase Lake Prairie Project WMD
Stutsman County, ND
✓1 open
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
40K huntable acres
Crosby WMD
Divide County, ND
✓1 open
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
18.8K huntable acres
Des Lacs NWR
Burke County, ND
!3 special✕1 closed
🦌🦃🐦🐇
14K huntable acres
Devils Lake WMD
Ramsey County, ND
✓1 open✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
52.7K huntable acres
Florence Lake NWR
Burleigh County, ND
!1 special✕1 closed
🦌🦃🐦🐇
1.6K huntable acres
J. Clark Salyer NWR
McHenry County, ND
!3 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🐇🎣
58.9K huntable acres
J. Clark Salyer WMD
McHenry County, ND
✓1 open
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
34K huntable acres
Kellys Slough NWR
Grand Forks County, ND
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Kulm WMD
LaMoure County, ND
✓1 open
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
45.1K huntable acres
Lake Alice NWR
Ramsey County, ND
!2 special
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
12.1K huntable acres
Lake Ilo NWR
Dunn County, ND
✕1 closed
🎣
Lake Nettie NWR
McLean County, ND
!1 special✕1 closed
🦌🦃🐦🐇
2.1K huntable acres
Lake Zahl NWR
Williams County, ND
!1 special✕1 closed
🦌🐦
3.3K huntable acres
Long Lake NWR
Kidder County, ND
!2 special
🦌🦃🐦🐇🎣
23.2K huntable acres
Long Lake WMD
Burleigh County, ND
✓1 open✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
23.7K huntable acres
Lostwood NWR
Burke County, ND
!1 special✕1 closed
🦌🦃🐦🐇
26.2K huntable acres
Lostwood WMD
Burke County, ND
✓1 open
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
11K huntable acres
Mclean NWR
McLean County, ND
!1 special✕1 closed
🦌🦃🐦🐇
342 huntable acres
Northeast Montana WMD
Sheridan County, MT · primary: MT
✓1 open
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
12.1K huntable acres
Sand Lake WMD
Brown County, SD · primary: SD
✓1 open
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
44.5K huntable acres
Shell Lake NWR
Mountrail County, ND
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Slade NWR
Kidder County, ND
!1 special
🦌🦃🐦🐇
3K huntable acres
Stewart Lake NWR
Slope County, ND
!1 special✕1 closed
🦌🦃🐦🐇
638 huntable acres
Tewaukon NWR
Sargent County, ND
!3 special✕1 closed
🦌🦃🐦🐇🎣
6.9K huntable acres
Tewaukon WMD
Sargent County, ND
✓1 open
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
16K huntable acres
Upper Souris NWR
Renville County, ND
!3 special✕1 closed
🦌🦃🐦🐇🎣
32K huntable acres
Valley City NFH
Barnes County, ND
✕1 closed
🎣
Valley City WMD
Barnes County, ND
✓1 open
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
19.7K huntable acres
White Horse Hill National Game Preserve
Benson County, ND
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
White Lake NWR
Slope County, ND
!1 special
🦌🦃🐦🐇
1K huntable acres
Counties with federal public hunting land
- Barnes County 44 WPAs · 2 refuges
- Benson County 60 WPAs · 2 refuges
- Bottineau County 16 WPAs · 2 refuges
- Burke County 12 WPAs · 4 refuges
- Burleigh County 36 WPAs · 3 refuges
- Cass County 4 WPAs · 1 refuge
- Cavalier County 38 WPAs · 1 refuge
- Dickey County 43 WPAs · 2 refuges
- Divide County 71 WPAs · 2 refuges
- Dunn County 1 refuge
- Eddy County 20 WPAs · 1 refuge
- Emmons County 11 WPAs · 1 refuge
- Foster County 8 WPAs · 2 refuges
- Grand Forks County 15 WPAs · 2 refuges
- Griggs County 17 WPAs · 3 refuges
- Hettinger County 1 WPA · 1 refuge
- Kidder County 41 WPAs · 4 refuges
- LaMoure County 38 WPAs · 2 refuges
- Logan County 52 WPAs · 3 refuges
- McHenry County 29 WPAs · 2 refuges
- McIntosh County 65 WPAs · 1 refuge
- McLean County 40 WPAs · 4 refuges
- Mountrail County 50 WPAs · 5 refuges
- Nelson County 24 WPAs · 1 refuge
- Pembina County 6 WPAs · 1 refuge
- Pierce County 50 WPAs · 1 refuge
- Ramsey County 42 WPAs · 2 refuges
- Ransom County 25 WPAs · 1 refuge
- Renville County 4 WPAs · 2 refuges
- Richland County 22 WPAs · 1 refuge
- Rolette County 28 WPAs · 1 refuge
- Sargent County 18 WPAs · 2 refuges
- Sheridan County 45 WPAs · 1 refuge
- Slope County 2 refuges
- Steele County 10 WPAs · 1 refuge
- Stutsman County 96 WPAs · 5 refuges
- Towner County 26 WPAs · 2 refuges
- Traill County 4 WPAs · 1 refuge
- Walsh County 11 WPAs · 1 refuge
- Ward County 34 WPAs · 4 refuges
- Wells County 39 WPAs · 2 refuges
- Williams County 14 WPAs · 3 refuges
Hunting in North Dakota: what to know
Licenses & seasons
Refuge hunts follow North Dakota seasons, bag limits and license requirements set by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. Refuges may be more restrictive — never less — than state rules.
Refuge-specific rules
Each refuge publishes hunt regulations in 50 CFR Part 32 and in its hunt brochure. Units marked special regulations may limit species, dates, weapons, or require quota permits.
Walk-in WPAs
North Dakota's 1209 Waterfowl Production Areas are generally open to hunting under state rules. Browse ND WPAs by county →
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