Here’s a look at nonresident waterfowl hunter numbers in North Dakota since 2005.
2005: 24,638.
2006: 22,277.
2007: 22,857.
2008: 18,485.
2009: 21,974.
2010: 22,802.
2011: 22,612.
2012: 22,682.
2013: 21,999.
2014: 23,490.
2015: 23,832.
2016: 22,207.
2017: 20,029.
2018: 20,778.
2019: 20,339.
2020: 22,477.
2021: 20,186.
2022: 23,373.
2023: 24,928..
2024: 26,216.
— Source: North Dakota Game and Fish Department