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Unit 4E — North Dakota

25% public hunting land across 469,214 ac. Road access is easy — only 1% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Watch the checkerboard: 3,741 ac of public land has no public route in.

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2,390–3,460 ft

elevation range

25%

public hunting land

of public >1 mi from a road

3,741 ac

landlocked public

1.84

road miles per mi²

253 mi

trails on public land

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

8 limited-entry deer hunts are drawn on Unit 4E: 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

■ Forest Service 21%■ State trust 4%■ Wildlife refuge 0%□ Private 75%

Unit area469,214 ac

Public hunting land119,100 ac (25%)

Landlocked public3,741 ac (3.1%)

Deer draw pressure5.9 tags/mi² public (1.5 of total area)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,348 mi

Mapped trails on public land253 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road692 ac (1% of public)

Road density1.84 mi/mi²

Managed byForest Service 100k ac · State trust 18k ac · Wildlife refuge 1k ac

Elevation2,390–3,460 ft

Median elevation2,870 ft

Median slope3°

Where the ground sits

2,390 ft3,460 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 28%

E 22%

S 24%

W 26%

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 →

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8,579 ac of this unit has burned — 2% 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 BUFFALO, 92 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, tell us at support@openhuntmaps.com — the fix ships for everyone.

Nearby units

Unit 4D34% public · 1% remote Unit 4F13% public · 14% remote Unit 3F13% public · 0% remote Unit 3E13% public · 0% remote Unit 4C53% public · 4% remote Unit 3D12% public · 1% remote

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