License Restrictions ~ Bag Limits ~ Buck Stubs
Buck Stubs
Immediately upon harvesting any antlered deer, hunters must initial and date in ink, the Buck Stub from your hunting license. Be sure to use the Buck Stub corresponding to the hunting season for the deer you harvested. This shall be in addition to the regular Transportation Tag (see also information about Transportation and Supplemental Tags). Attach a buck stub to the deer before transporting it to the deer check station. Upon checking the deer, the buck stub must be surrendered to the check station operator along with the transportation tag. The buck stub must be attached to the data form at the check station.
1. Buck stubs from 2006 firearms licenses are valid for the entire length of the Permit Muzzleloader and Permit Shotgun seasons including January and February 2007 if the zone specified on the original permit is open for hunting on those dates. Do NOT use the buck stub from your 2006 firearm license in January or February of 2007!!
2. Only for the Winter Bow Season in January 2007 will a Buck Stub be used from your 2007 bow license.
Additional hunting licenses may not be purchased in order to harvest additional deer.
Additional special season permits may not be purchased in order to harvest additional antlered deer.
Bag Limits
Properly licensed hunters are limited to taking one antlered buck per season (regardless of the number of permits purchased) during the Fall Bow, Permit Bow, Permit Muzzleloader, Permit Shotgun and Winter Bow seasons. Two antlered bucks may be taken during the Six-Day Firearm Season. Note: If two antlered bucks are taken druign the Six-Day Firearm Season, the antlered buck bag limit for Permit Shotgun Season is then zero. Hunters may chose: take either two antlered bucks during Six-Day Firearm Season, or one antlered buck during Six-Day Firearm Season and bucks during Permit Shotgun Season.
The antlerless bag limit for these seasons will be one, two or unlimited depending on the zone and season.
Two deer may be taken at a time in Zones 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 25, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54, 56, 64 and 66 during the Permit Muzzleloader and Permit Shotgun Seasons, respectively (in those zones open for those seasons), until the season concludes.
Although hunters may purchase multiple deer permits, they are limited to only ONE permit from a given zone during each of the permit seasons. For example a hunter may buy a muzzleloader permit for zones 18, 21 and 24, however he/she may not purchase 2 muzzleloader permists for zone 24. A hunter may purchase a bow permit, a muzzleloader permit and a shotgun permit for zone 24, however he/she may not purchase 2 bow permits (or 2 shotgun permits or 2 muzzleloader permits) for zone 24.
It is unlawful to use a bow and arrow for hunting deer using a firearm license or shotgun or muzzleloader permit.
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