N.D. Cent. Code § 20.1-04-15

The open or lawful season on pheasant and the open or lawful season on duck may not commence on the same weekend. Except as otherwise provided in this section for the opening of pheasant season for youth, the open or lawful season on pheasant may not open earlier than one-half hour before sunrise and the season may not commence earlier than the first Saturday of October nor later than October twelfth of any given year. The governor, in the governor's proclamation, may provide a pheasant hunting season for youth.