More than 200 any-deer bow licenses are still available to nonresidents in 2010, according to Carrie Whitney, licensing supervisor for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department.

The Game and Fish Department began issuing nonresident any-deer bow licenses March 1, and nearly 1,100 of the allotted 1,305 licenses for 2010 have been purchased.

Remaining licenses are issued on a first-come, first-served basis. Nonresidents can print out an application for mailing at the Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov, or call (701) 328-6300 to request an application. Only one license is allowed per hunter.

The number of nonresident any-deer bow licenses available is 15 percent of the previous year’s mule deer gun license allocation. The department issued 8,700 mule deer licenses in the 2009 deer gun lottery