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North Dakota Public Hunting Grounds
Public Hunting Areas in North Dakota
By Dennis Guldan
Fifth in the series of Public hunting areas in the midwest is North Dakota. Below are 100 public hunting areas of 300 acres or more. As always, please check before firing a shot, that the area is still open and the birds are in season. Under where is the location of the area. "3N & 1E of ND 1 & ND 46" means 3 miles north and 1 mile East of the junction of highway ND 1 and ND 46. Next issue we will look at Nebraska.
County
Area Acreage Species Where
BARNES COUNTY
Clausen Springs WMA 540 Waterfowl 3N & 1E of ND 1 & ND 46
Valley City WMA 799 Waterfowl & Huns 6N & 2E of Valley City
BENSON COUNTY
Knox Slough WMA 518 Waterfowl & Huns 1 mile East of Knox
BOTTINEAU COUNTY
Thompson Lake WMA 892 Waterfowl & Ruf Grouse 5NE & 4E of Bottineau
Turtle Mountain WMA 440 Ruffed Grouse 10N & 1E of Bottineau
BURLEIGH COUNTY
Arena Lake WMA 800 Waterfowl 6E & 2S of ND 14 & ND 36
McKenzie Slough WMA 682 WF, Huns, Pheasant 1/2 mile south ofMckenzie
Oahe WMA 7,188 Pheasants & Sharptails 8 mile south of Bismarck
Rice Lake WMA 976 Waterfowl 10 miles north of Sterling
Russell Stuart WMA 735 Sharptails & Huns 1W & 9N of Regan
CASS COUNTY
Erie Dam & Rec Area 1,031 WF, Pheasants & Huns 1S & 9W of Arthur
Hamilton Wills WMA 480 WF, Pheasants & Huns 8S & 1E Embden
CAVALIER COUNTY
Cavalier County WMA 1,433 Ruffed Grouse 3W of ND 5 & ND 32
Pembina Hills WMA 3,819 Ruffed Grouse 4N & 13W of Walhalla
Wilbur Allen WMA 520 Ruffed Grouse 13N & 9E of Langdon
DICKEY COUNTY
Hyatt Slough WMA 1,354 Waterfowl & Pheasant 1W & 4 S of Ludden
Johnson's Gulch WMA 1,402 WF & Sharptails 2S & 1E of ND 11 & ND 56
DIVIDE COUNTY
Harris M. Baukol WMA 1,381 WF & Upland game 1 1/2 Mile SE of Noonan
DUNN COUNTY
Killdeer Mountains WMA 7,051 Sharptails & Pheasant 10W & 5 N Killdeer
EDDY COUNTY
H Stone Memorial WMA 400 Waterfowl 4N & 1W of McHenry
Lake Washington WMA 910 WF, Huns & Sharptails 6 South of Warwick
EMMONS COUNTY
Oahe WMA 10,626 Pheasants & Sharptails Along the Missouri River
FOSTER COUNTY
G Karpen Mem WMA 480 Waterfowl & Huns 6W & 8S of Carrington
GRAND FORKS COUNTY
Praire Chicken WMA 3,150 Sharptails 7W & 3N of Manvel
GRANT COUNTY
Heart Butte Res WMA 5,500 WF, Sharp, Pheasant & Huns 16S of Glen Ullin
Otter Creek WMA 320 Sharptails & Pheasant 6N of ND 21 & ND 31
HETTINGER COUNTY
Indian Creek WMA 1,174 WF, Pheasants & Huns 5S & 2W of Regent
KIDDER COUNTY
Dawson WMA 2,951 Sharptails & Pheasant 6 miles South of Dawson
Horsehead Lake WMA 437 WF, Huns & Sharptails 1W & 6S of Robinson
Long Lake WMA 320 WF, Huns & Sharptails 5 Miles South of Steele
LAMOURE COUNTY
Cottonwood Creek WMA 1,774 Waterfowl & Upland 3 Miles South of LaMoure
Seth Gordon WMA 482 Waterfowl & Pheasants 7E & 1S of LaMoure
LOGAN COUNTY
Logan County WMA 598 WF, Sharptails & Pheasants 5W & 6N of Lehr
MCINTOSH COUNTY
Camp Lake WMA 799 WF, Sharp, Pheasant & Huns 12E & 5S of Ashley
Coldwater Lake WMA 331 Waterfowl & Sharptails 14E & 2S of Ashley
Lehr WMA 611 WF, Pheasants & Huns 2E & 1S of Lehr
MCKENZIE COUNTY
Antelope Creek WMA 964 WF, Sharp, Pheasant & Hun 12NW of NewTown
Lewis & Clark WMA 7,835 Waterfowl & Pheasants 6SW of Williston
Sand Creek WMA 662 Sharptails & Pheasant 6N & 2W & 7NW of ND23 & ND 1806
Tobacco Garden Ck WMA 399 WF, Sharp, Pheasant & Hun 2E & 23N of Watford City
MCLEAN COUNTY
Audubon WMA 11,285 WF, Sharp, Pheasant & Hun 8E of Garrison
C Schroeder WMA 440 WF, Sharptails & Huns 14N & 3E of Mercer
Custer Mine WMA 694 Pheasants & Huns 5E & 1S of Garrison
Deep Water Ck WMA 2,447 WF, Sharp, Pheasant & Huns 15 S of Parshall
deTrobriand WMA 2,020 WF, Sharp, Pheasant & Huns 4S of Garrison
Douglas Creek WMA 1,980 WF, Sharp, Pheasant & Huns 2 1/2 S of Emmet
Painted Woods WMA 585 Waterfowl & Pheasants 1S & 1W of Washburn
Riverdale WMA 2,198 Pheasants & Sharptails 2SW of Riverdale
Wolf Creek WMA 4,772 WF, Sharp, Pheasants & Huns 2W of Coleharbor
MERCER COUNTY
Hille WMA 2,989 WF, Sharp, Pheasants & Hun 14N of Beulah
N Beulah Mine WMA 2,018 Sharp, Pheasant & Huns 2N & 1E of Beulah
MORTON COUNTY
Lake Patricia WMA 631 Pheasant, Sharptail & Huns 2E of Flasher
Morton County WMA 642 Pheasant, Sharptail & Huns 11S of Mandan
Oahe WMA 5,677 Pheasants & Sharptails Along the Missouri
Storm Creek WMA 480 WF, Sharptails & Huns 2N & 1W of I94 Exit 25
Sweet Briar Lake WMA 888 Waterfowl & Huns 18W of Mandan on I94
MOUNTRAIL COUNTY
Van Hook WMA 4,327 WF, Pheasant, Sharp & Hun 5E & 3S of NewTown
NELSON COUNTY
Black Swan WMA 855 Waterfowl & Huns 4W & 5S of ND 1 & US 2
OLIVER COUNTY
Arroda Lake WMA 384 WF, Pheasants & Sharp 3E of ND 48 & ND 200A
PEMBINA COUNTY
J.V. Wessels WMA 3,343 Ruffed Grouse 7S & 3E of Walhalla
PIERCE COUNTY
Buffalo Lake WMA 855 Waterfowl 5 miles West of Esmond
Ramsey County
Crary WMA 315 Waterfowl & Huns 7E & 3S of Devils Lake
RICHLAND COUNTY
Mud Lake WMA 351 Waterfowl & Pheasants 2SW of Hankinson
Stack Slough WMA 597 Waterfowl & Pheasants 1N & 5W of Hankinson
Wild Rice WMA 2,089 Waterfowl & Pheasants 1W & 1N of Lidgerwood
ROLETTE COUNTY
Wakopa WMA 6,739 Waterfowl & Ruffed Grouse 8W of St John
SARGENT COUNTY
Meszaros Slough WMA 598 Waterfowl & Pheasants 3S & 3W of Cogswell
Tewaukon WMA 1,284 Waterfowl & Pheasants 3S of Cayuga
SLOPE COUNTY
Cedar Lake WMA 818 Waterfowl & Pheasant 16S & 5W of New England
STEELE COUNTY
Golden Lake WMA 579 Waterfowl 10E & 3N of Finley
Otto Spies WMA 875 Waterfowl, Pheasant & Huns 6E & 1S of Hope
TOWNER COUNTY
CC Underwood WMA 320 Waterfowl & Huns 6N & 2W of ND 69 & US 281
WALSH COUNTY
C.C Cook WMA 324 Waterfowl 2 miles west of Edinburg
WELLS COUNTY
Harvey Dam WMA 425 Waterfowl 1/2 SW Harvey
K T Frederick WMA 400 WF, Pheasant, Sharp & Huns 2W & 7S of Hurdfield
Lonetree WMA 7,240 Waterfowl & Pheasants 5S & 3W of Harvey
Wells County WMA 637 Pheasants, Sharp & Huns 7N of Hurdsfield
WILLIAMS COUNTY
Hofflund WMA 1,559 WF, Pheasant,Sharp, Huns 5E & 10S of Ray
Trenton WMA 2,647 Waterfowl & Pheasants Along the Missouri River
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