Hundreds of North Dakota deer hunters request license refunds

Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Blake Nicholson Nearly 1,000 hunters in southern North Dakota have put their blaze orange back in the closet and gotten a refund on their deer license this fall due to a disease outbreak, and the number is expected to climb as the season gets underway. kAm%96 E@E2= 2D @7 %F6D52J — E96 >@DE C646?E 52E2 2G2:=23=6 — H2D =6DD E92? fT @7 E96 =:46?D6D :DDF65 :? E96 9F?E:?8 F?:ED :>A24E65 3J 6A:K@@E:4 96>@CC928:4 5:D62D6[ @C tws] qFE :E H2D DE:== D:8?:7:42?E 8:G6? 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