Can I drive off a trail to retrieve a deer on a state wildlife management area?
No. You may not drive off-trail on state wildlife management areas, national wildlife refuges, waterfowl production areas, or state school land. In addition, a travel policy confines most motorized vehicles (except snowmobiles) to existing roads and trails on all U.S. Forest Service public land in North Dakota, including the Little Missouri, Sheyenne and Cedar River national grasslands. What if I am going to take my deer head to a taxidermist and meat to a butcher shop? How do I keep the tag with it all? The tag should remain with the head and the carcass tag should remain with the meat. Are muzzle-loading handguns legal for deer hunting? Yes. They must be .50 caliber or larger. I shot a deer, but it is rotten. What can I do? You must take possession of the animal by tagging it. If the department gets a confiscated deer, we may be able to give it to you. One last clarification to save some headaches when it comes to questions about tagging requirements. Immediately after an animal has
