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Unit 3B1 — North Dakota

17% public across 1,395,566 ac. Road access is easy — only 11% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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Deer draw odds (9)Odds and pins: free, no account

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1,830–2,570 ft

elevation range

17%

public land

11%

of public >1 mi from a road

4,547 ac

landlocked public

1.78

road miles per mi²

1,703 mi

maintained trails

Computed from primary government data by the open pipeline. See the code →

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

9 limited-entry deer hunts are drawn on Unit 3B1: apply in the North Dakota draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Deer tag · 9 draw hunts (2026)$35.00 resident · $355.00 nonresident

Plus: Fishing, Hunting, Furbearer Certificate$2.00 resident · $5.00 nonresident

Season dates: see North Dakota Game and Fish Department's regulations

NDGF — Resident licences and requirements ↗

NDGF — Resident licences and requirements ↗Draw odds for North Dakota deer →How the North Dakota draw works →

Fees and draw dates from North Dakota Game and Fish Department, 2026, verified 2026-08-16 — past its verify-by date, confirm with the agency. Tag type from the agency's published draw statistics: a unit that appears in none of them has no limited-entry hunt we know of. Source: NDGF — Resident licences and requirements · NDGF — Nonresident licences and requirements.

Land & access

■ USACE 11%■ SLB 3%■ USFS 3%□ Private 83%

Unit area1,395,566 ac

Public land239,965 ac (17%)

Landlocked public4,547 ac (1.9%)

Deer draw pressure22 tags/mi² public (3.7 of total area)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)3,879 mi

Maintained trails1,703 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road25,205 ac (11% of public)

Road density1.78 mi/mi²

Managed byUSACE 147k ac · SLB 45k ac · USFS 43k ac

Elevation1,830–2,570 ft

Median elevation2,160 ft

Median slope2°

Where the ground sits

1,830 ft2,570 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 23%

E 26%

S 24%

W 27%

Share of ground steeper than 5° — flat ground has no facing

North slopes hold shade, cover and snow; south slopes open first.

USGS 3DEP 1 arc-second (30 m), slope at native resolution in a local metric projection, sampled on a 200 m grid. See the code →

Unit intelligence report

7,536 ac of this unit has burned — 1% of the unit. The full report assembles it into one printable document and keeps it current as the facts change.

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Season conditions — measured, not vibes

Historical temperatures · 2000–2025

Normals for 2000–2025 — tap or hover for a month

Measured at MINOT AFB AIRPORT, 141 km from the unit’s center and ~500 ft below its median elevation — expect the unit to run colder. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

How these numbers are made

public_land_pct = public_area / unit_area
landlocked = public ∖ reachable(roads, corners)
remote = public ∖ buffer(roads, 1 mi)
# AGPL — read the pipeline →

Computed, not curated: no paid research team, no opinions dressed as data. If a number looks wrong, file an issue — the fix ships for everyone.

Nearby units

Unit 4A21% public · 4% remote Unit 3A15% public · 0% remote Unit 4B42% public · 3% remote Unit 3B228% public · 35% remote Unit 3A34% public · 2% remote Unit 4C61% public · 7% remote

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