| Window | Dates | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Season | 19 SEP – 02 NOV 2026 | 45d |
As publishedSep 19, 2026 - Nov 2, 2026
Statewide, no zones noted.ND G&F publishes no dedicated single-species page beyond the season-dates table and the proclamation summary, and the two agree.
North Dakota's woodcock season is legally statewide, and ND Game and Fish publishes no zone map or density breakdown for the species. The honest sub-state answer is a habitat-targeting one, not a population-density claim: woodcock need wet, brushy young-forest thickets that exist almost nowhere in North Dakota's prairie landscape outside a handful of eastern forest pockets, and the only documented North Dakota nesting evidence comes from the state's southeast corner.
The Singing-ground Survey, which is the instrument behind every woodcock population figure, does not run routes in North Dakota. There is no state-level woodcock trend to report.
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