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Antlerless deer permit lottery applications are accepted online only. The lottery opened late June and closed August 1, at PM. There is no fee to apply for an antlerless deer permit. Exceptions: See Maine resident landowners or paraplegic license.
Learn how to apply for a super pack antlerless deer permit. You may enter up to two 2 WMD or deer management subunit choices for your permit in order of preference. Applicants with a legal residence outside the United States or Canada cannot apply online. Those wishing to apply will need to contact the Department at for help in applying.
Permits must be claimed and paid for by September 29, PM. If the permit recipient does not claim their permit, that permit will be forfeited and sold to another person. Permit recipients will receive their permit number upon payment to claim their permit. The permit number is required when registering deer. Permit recipients will be notified by email but will not receive a permit or transportation tags via mail. Super pack license holders still need to claim their permit but will not be charged the permit fee if the permit was awarded during the super pack drawing.
Learn more about super pack antlerless deer permits. First come, first served antlerless deer permits will be available for purchase online only beginning Tuesday, October 11 at AM. All hunters, including those who did not apply to the lottery, those who received a permit through the lottery, and those that applied to the lottery but did not receive a permit through the lottery, may purchase an antlerless deer permit online on a first come, first served basis. If you received a permit through the lottery and wish to purchase a second antlerless deer permit, you may purchase a second antlerless deer permit online.
If antlerless deer permits still remain after the start of the firearms season, a hunter may purchase 1 additional permit. Regular Firearms Season and Muzzleloader Seasons: During these seasons, only those hunters possessing an antlerless deer permit may hunt antlerless deer and bucks with antlers less than three inches in length; other hunters are restricted to hunting bucks with antlers three inches or more in length.
Regular Archery and Crossbow Season: During the regular archery and crossbow season on deer does not include expanded archery , bucks may be taken statewide. Antlerless deer taken without a permit during the regular archery and crossbow season are not additional to the buck that is granted by the archery hunting license. Expanded Archery Season: Those seeking expanded archery antlerless permits do not need to apply to the lottery.
Expanded archery hunters must use expanded archery permits. Learn more about expanded archery season on deer. The number of antlerless deer permits to be allocated for each WMD or deer management subunit will not exceed the numbers listed below. If you have additional questions about antlerless deer permits, please email ifw. Proceeds from this permit will help fund the acquisition and management of deer wintering areas DWAs , primarily in northern Maine. A DWA is the habitat where deer go year after year to avoid harsh winter winds and deep snow.
All funds from antlerless deer permits go to the Maine Deer Management Fund. All hunters, including those who did not apply for the lottery, those who received a permit through the lottery, and those who applied to the lottery but did not receive a permit, are eligible to buy a permit online on a first-come, first-served basis.
According to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, there will be 38, permits available for sale, the bulk of which are designated for areas across southern and midcoast Maine — specifically Wildlife Management Districts 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29 and subunit 25a.
Hunters can check out the listing of remaining permits here to see the WMDs and sub-units where they are available. Starting at 9 a. Hunters will be placed in the queue in the order their requests were received.
When the process goes live, those who enter the antlerless permit site will be placed in a line and given an estimated wait for their turn. Customers should pick at least two or three WMDs in which they would like to apply, in case there are no permits available for their top choice. Logged in customers will be able to see, in real time, how many permits are available in each WMD or sub-unit.
If any permits remain unclaimed once the firearms season for deer begins, a hunter may then purchase one additional permit. The state earmarked 96, antlerless permits for this year and received 81, applications.
Title 12, § Antlerless deer; regulation and authority to issue permits
Hunting: Maine’s new deer permits allow you to take a doe and a buck. In an effort to increase the harvest of does, significant changes have. 1-A. Antlerless deer in wildlife management districts with no permits issued. Except as otherwise provided in this Part, a person may not hunt or possess an. To apply for an antlerless deer permit, you must hold a valid Maine license to hunt big game. Exceptions: See Maine resident landowners or paraplegic.
Everything hunters need to know about Maine’s new antlerless deer permit system
JDK Well-known member. Joined Apr 10, Messages 8, Reaction score 1, NorthMaine Active member. Joined Nov 14, Messages Reaction score Then you can purchase one additional permit so long as they are still available right? Huntermc6 Active member. Joined Nov 4, Messages Reaction score NorthMaine said:. Click to expand SportsmanNH Well-known member.
Huntermc6 said:. David Trahan had explained on the Big Woods Podcast that they will have to be purchased individually so you can’t hold multiple doe tags simultaneously. I agree. It’s also in the FAQ, it asks if you need to use one before you can buy the second and it says no.
You also can’t transfer anymore. As an aside, also new this year is that in some WMDs you cannot kill a doe with archery gear if you do not have an any deer permit. And, if I am reading the rules correctly, if you do not have an any deer permit and kill a doe in a zone where it is allowed with archery equipment, that is your one deer for the year.
Earl Active member. For the sake of discussion, I don’t know why anyone would want to do this. Say I get selected for a doe permit. Is that doe permit still valid? From what I’ve read this question has not be addressed. NoDeerHere Well-known member.
Dirigoboy said:. JDK said:. Earl said:. Last edited: Sep 1, SportsmanNH said:. I believe he is wrong. It says that if you were drawn and want to buy a second tag , you can in early october on a 1st come 1st served basis IF there are tags that weren’t claimed or there were more tags than applicants.
I think he meant you can only TAG one deer at a time. If you received a permit through the lottery and wish to purchase a second antlerless deer permit, you may purchase a second antlerless deer permit online at mefishwildlife. But the upside is you now can harvest two deer a year. That is a win, win.. Also for the sake of discussion Are there that many deer in Maine that we needed to go to this type of system?
I get what is trying to be done and admit I sort of like it. However, I wonder what public access is like in those WMDs that have 5 figure permit allocations. I suspect you’ll have guys trying to kill 10 deer on the acres that have access while the other 3, acres are barely touched. Also, I’m willing to bet that in the time Zone 6 has had any deer permits, you could count on both hands and probably have fingers left over, the number of deer killed via archery Now, unless you are drawn, you can’t kill a doe.
I think it’s obviously geared towards Southern Maine. Absolutely right though, public access sucks. To apply for an antlerless deer permit, you must hold a valid Maine license to hunt big game.
Exceptions: See Maine resident landowners or paraplegic license. To apply for a super pack antlerless deer permit Maine residents only , you must possess a valid Maine resident super pack license. An applicant who applies with an archery license and receives a permit may take an antlerless deer with a firearm during the regular firearms season or muzzleloader season provided a valid firearms license is also possessed.
Residents may purchase a license online or from license agents throughout the state. Nonresidents may also purchase a license online or by mail at the time they apply for their antlerless deer permit.
Nonresident license application PDF. Recipients of antlerless deer permits will be determined by a random computerized drawing from among applications submitted.
A four-stage drawing will be held. An antlerless deer permit grants the privilege of killing and registering an antlerless deer in the WMD or subunit for which the permit was assigned. This antlerless deer is in addition to the buck that is granted by the Maine hunting license.
A super pack antlerless deer permit grants the privilege of killing and registering an antlerless deer in the WMD or subunit for which the permit was assigned. Those who have a complimentary paraplegic hunting license do not need to apply for an antlerless deer permit. Your license grants you the right to an antlerless deer from any WMD where antlerless deer permits are allocated. Those who do not have a complimentary paraplegic license but qualify under this section must submit a letter signed by a physician verifying the ambulatory disability.
The same application is used to enter the antlerless deer permit lottery. Note: If you apply for and win a super pack antlerless deer permit you will not be entered in the landowner or regular permit lottery. Any private landowner is eligible for the landowner permit drawing if the person owns a particular piece of land that is: 25 or more contiguous acres in size; is agricultural, forested or undeveloped land; and open to hunting, including hunting by permission. Any dependent living in the household of a qualifying landowner is eligible.
Applicant’s hunting privilege cannot be under revocation.
