PLOTS Maps online from North Dakota Game and Fish

NEWS: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | August 14, 2026

PLOTS Maps Online  

VIEW THIS RELEASE ONLINE: gf.nd.gov

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s Private Land Open To Sportsmen maps for 2026 are available online at the Game and Fish website, gf.nd.gov.

This year features about 925,000 PLOTS acres. Because PLOTS tracts can be added or removed from the program throughout the year, hunters are encouraged to use the Game and Fish mobile app or other mapping and browser-based applications to locate and identify these tracts. Map sheets are updated weekly on the department’s website.

PLOTS maps highlight walk-in hunting access areas, identified in the field by inverted triangular yellow signs, as well as other public lands.

The free printed PLOTS guides will be available in late August at most license vendors and other locations throughout the state.

The guides are not available by mail, so hunters will have to pick one up at a local vendor or Game and Fish office, or print individual maps from the website.

Waterfowl Stamp Requirements

North Dakota law requires all waterfowl hunters, regardless of age, to have a state-issued waterfowl habitat restoration electronic stamp in possession while afield. Waterfowl include ducks, geese, swans, mergansers and coots.

In addition, a federal duck stamp is required for waterfowl hunters 16 and older beginning Sept. 1. The federal electronic duck stamp is valid for the entire waterfowl hunting season. A physical stamp will be mailed in March 2027 to individuals who purchased the e-stamp.

Those interested in buying physical federal duck stamps can purchase them at many U.S. Postal Service offices or the Amplex website, and Amplex should be used for hunters wanting to support conservation by purchasing extra duck stamps. 

The federal duck stamp costs $25. An additional $4 shipping and handling fee is added.

This year’s stamps are available for electronic purchase through the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s website, gf.nd.gov, or license vendors registered with the department’s licensing system.