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August 18 is Antlerless Deer Deadline
WATERBURY, VT - If you want to apply for a 2006 Vermont muzzleloader antlerless deer hunting permit, you need to make sure your lottery application is delivered to the Fish & Wildlife Department by August 18.

An "antlerless deer" is defined as a deer without antlers or with antlers less than three inches long.

A hunter who wins an antlerless deer permit in the lottery may take one antlerless deer by muzzleloader during the December 2 - 10 muzzleloader season. Antlerless deer permit applications are available on the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department's website (www.vtfishandwildlife.com). Go to 'Hunting and Trapping' and click on Lottery Applications. They also are available at license agents throughout the state.

The wildlife management units (WMUs) that will have muzzleloader antlerless permits this year are A, B, F1, F2, J2, K1, M2, O2, Q, and N. The 9,150 muzzleloader antlerless permits being issued are expected to net a harvest of just over 1,870 deer.

Hunters have until 4:30 p.m., Friday, August 18 to make sure their lottery application is delivered to the Waterbury Fish & Wildlife office. The cost is $10 for residents and $25 for nonresidents. A person may submit only one application.
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