All deer gun licenses issued

Bismarck  (CSi)  The 49,000 deer gun licenses that were allocated by proclamation for the 2016 hunting season have all been issued.

Randy Meissner, licensing manager for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, says, according to state law, the number of deer gun licenses issued, including those licenses issued as gratis, cannot exceed the number of licenses authorized by the governor’s proclamation.

The deer gun season opens Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 at noon central time.

Archery licenses can still be purchased through the end of the bow season on Jan. 8, 2017.