2009 Season Opening Dates
& Calendar of Events 

July 2009

1:Fall turkey application deadline
24-Aug 1: Game and Fish site at ND State Fair
31: Deadline for submitting applications for Encouraging Tomorrow's Hunters Grant Program

August 2009

5: Pronghorn gun application deadline
7-9: Becoming an Outdoors-Woman workshop
15: Fall crow season opens (tentative)
19: Swan permit application deadline

September 2009

1: Mourning dove season opens (tentative)
4: Deer and pronghorn bow seasons open
4: Elk bow only season (Units E1, E2) opens
4: Antlerless elk season (Units E3, E4) opens
4: Any elk September season (Unit E3, E4) opens
4: Elk regular season (Unit E5) opens
4: Moose bow only season (all open units) opens
12: Sharp-tailed grouse, Hungarian partridge, ruffed grouse, and tree squirrel seasons open (tentative)
18: Youth deer season opens
19-20: Youth waterfowl weekend (tentative)
19: Sandhill crane, snipe, woodcock seasons open (tentative)
26: Early (residents only) duck, merganser, coot, and goose seasons open (tentative)
27: Elk bow only season (Units E1, E2) closes
27: Moose bow only season (all open units) closes
30: Any elk September season (Unit E3, E4) closes

October 2009

2: Pronghorn gun season opens (tentative)
2: Early (residents only) duck, merganser, coot, and goose seasons close (tentative)
2: Bighorn sheep bow only season opens
2: Elk regular season (Unit E1) opens
2: Elk regular season (Unit E2) opens
2: Any elk October season (Units E3, E4) opens
2: Moose regular season (Units M4, M8, M9, M10, M11) opens
3: Regular duck, merganser, coot, and goose seasons open (tentative)
3-4: Youth pheasant season (tentative)
3: Regular duck, merganser, coot,  goose, and swan seasons open (tentative)
9: Bighorn sheep regular season opens
10: Fll turkey season opens
10: Ring-necked pheasant and pinnated grouse (prairie chicken) seasons open (tentative)
10-16: Nonresidents may not hunt Wildlife Management Areas and Private Lands Open To Sportsmen (PLOTS) (tentative)
25: Bighorn sheep seasons close
25: Moose regular season (Units M4, M8, M9, M10, M11) closes
31: Elk regular season (Unit E1) closes
31: Any elk October season (Units E3, E4) closes

November 2009

1: Daylight Savings Time ends - Set clocks back 1 hour
6: Deer gun season opens
6: Any elk extended season (Units E3, E4) opens
20: Moose regular season (Units M5, M6) opens
27: Muzzleloader season opens (tentative)
27: Elk regular season (Unit E1) opens

December 2009

1: Darkhouse spearfishing season opens
13: Elk regular season (Unit E1) closes
13: Moose regular season (Units M5, M6) closes
31: Elk regular season (Unit E2) closes
31: Antlerless elk season (Units E3, E4) closes
31: Elk regular season (Unit E5) closes
31: Any elk extended season (Units E3, E4) closes

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