Unit research · North Dakota Unit 3C

Unit 3C — North Dakota

9% public across 974,672 ac. Road access is easy — only 7% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Watch the checkerboard: 3,202 ac of public land has no public route in.

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Deer draw odds (8)Odds and pins: free, no account

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1,600–2,310 ft

elevation range

public land

of public >1 mi from a road

3,202 ac

landlocked public

1.96

road miles per mi²

1,728 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

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

Deer tag · 8 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 7%■ SFW 2%■ SLB 2%□ Private 91%

Unit area974,672 ac

Public land92,568 ac (9%)

Landlocked public3,202 ac (3.5%)

Deer draw pressure68 tags/mi² public (6.3 of total area)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)2,990 mi

Maintained trails1,728 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road6,227 ac (7% of public)

Road density1.96 mi/mi²

Managed byUSACE 65k ac · SFW 19k ac · SLB 18k ac

Elevation1,600–2,310 ft

Median elevation1,800 ft

Median slope2°

Where the ground sits

1,600 ft2,310 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 22%

E 26%

S 23%

W 29%

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

2,131 ac of this unit has burned — 0% 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 BISMARCK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, 44 km from the unit’s center. 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 3E23% public · 2% remote Unit 2I4% public · 4% remote Unit 3F25% public · 5% remote Unit 2J16% public · 1% remote Unit 2H3% public · 1% remote Unit 3B36% public · 6% remote

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