Fargo Wildlife Management Program - Sandhills Archery Club

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Wildlife Management Program

The City Hunt

*Updated 6/17/26

Changes for 2026:

The Fargo City Commission approved the upcoming 2026 Wildlife Management Program (WMP) at their June 8th meeting. Changes for 2026:

ND Game & Fish has shortened the Herd Reduction Seasons to coincide with the state-wide archery season. For 2026 the season dates will be from September 4^th – January 3^rd, 2027.
ND Game & Fish has lowered the bag limit for Herd Reduction tags from 3 to 2.
Two seasons: Early & Late – The late season will be three weeks shorter, the split listed below.
- Early Season: September 4^th – November 3^rd - 40 permits
- Late Season: November 4^th – January 3^rd - 40 permits
A $10 administrative fee to help offset the cost of training materials and the processing of donated venison.

Here are the important dates for this upcoming season:

July 14^th - Sign-up Day. You have 24 hours; the order we receive your information does not matter.

August 4^th- Training session 1: 6:00 PM at Sandhills

August 13^th - Training session 2: 6:00 PM at Sandhills

*Training sessions are identical; you need only attend one.

To sign up, send an email to: fargo.wmp@gmail.com, between July 14^th at 8:00 AM and July 15^th at 8:00 AM, and include the following information:

Name:

Address:

Phone number:

Season Preference if any:

Training session preference if any:

We will notify you of your status in the program, including the training date and designated season, by July 21^st. We recommend that you hold off buying herd reduction tags from ND Game & Fish until after the training sessions.

The Fargo Wildlife Management Program (WMP) is an antlerless only urban archery hunt approved by the City of Fargo and the Fargo Park District to allow archery hunting in the city of Fargo to keep the urban whitetail deer population in balance.

Urban archery hunts are the most cost-effective method of keeping an urban whitetail population in check. The Fargo WMP is a win-win for the community through harvesting deer and applying hunting pressure. This helps keep the population of whitetail deer within the city of Fargo from becoming a nuisance, while offering public land hunting opportunities for area hunters.

Since 2022 the program has been administered by the Sandhills Archery Club. Below are the additional requirements of the program to consider before signing up.

Requirements:
To be eligible to hunt, participants must:

- Attend a training session and pass a written examination.
- Pass a shooting proficiency test
- Be legally eligible to hunt in North Dakota (obtain North Dakota Archery license)
- Purchase up to 2 Herd Reduction tags from ND Game & Fish after completing the training

Additional requirements while hunting, all participants must:

- Label their arrow shafts with their last name and City License #
- Label their stand with the tags obtained at the training session
- Hunt from an elevated position, not less than 10ft from the footrest
- Use lighted nocks on their arrows
- Adhere to the required distances from structures, playgrounds, and property lines covered in
the training materials
- Use good judgment and care while interacting with the public using the shared public property

Check this page periodically as we will provide key information about the program here, including when and how to sign-up, results of the previous year’s hunt, and any changes made to the program.