Around North Dakota
Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local raccoon information
Raccoon control in North Dakota
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Raccoons in North Dakota: what to know
What to note
Where you see raccoons, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.
A useful next step
Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.
Local research
Raccoons in North Dakota: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which raccoons actually live in North Dakota, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
Year-round, statewide
Raccoon season
Raccoon may be taken with firearms, traps, pre-charged pneumatic air guns, underwater cable devices and archery equipment statewide and year-round.
North Dakota Game and Fish DepartmentAllowed with light or night vision
Night hunting
Raccoon may be taken at any hour of the day while hunting on foot, with the aid of artificial light, night vision, thermal vision or infrared light powered by no more than 6 volts.
North Dakota Game and Fish DepartmentNovember 23 to May 10
Cable device season on land
North Dakota's raccoon trapping season runs statewide on a 04/01 to 03/31 cycle, with cable devices on land restricted to this window and further limits within 50 feet of water.
North Dakota Game and Fish DepartmentRaccoon species recorded in North Dakota
- Raccoon (Procyon lotor) — Present in all 48 contiguous states; furbearer/game animal in most, with seasons, but nuisance take is generally allowed on one's own property.
When raccoons are busiest in North Dakota
Year-round season.
Rules that apply in North Dakota
For context, nationally
Sources: North Dakota Game and Fish Department; CDC; Pest Notes: Raccoons. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
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