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Deer lottery application deadline is Sept. 7

Deer lottery application deadline is Sept. 7

By Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Firearms and muzzleloader hunters who want to harvest antlerless deer in a deer permit area designated as lottery this hunting season must purchase their license by Sept. 7.

Hunters who purchase their license before this date are automatically entered into the lottery for the deer permit area or special hunt area they declare.

This season, antlerless deer permits are issued by lottery in 48 of Minnesota’s 130 deer permit areas. No application is needed to take antlerless deer in permit areas with hunter’s choice, managed or intensive designations.

Hunters who want to participate in special firearm deer hunts also need to apply for permits that are issued through a lottery, and the application deadline is Sept. 7.

More information about deer permit areas, how their designations are set and special hunts is available in the 2017 Minnesota Hunting and Trapping Regulations Handbook and at www.mndnr.gov/deer.

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