Map Samples. See the FAQs about new hunting rules for more information. For assistance with an application, please call the Office of Licensing and Permitting at Many wildlife management areas allow the harvest of antlerless deer during the archery season.
Check specific area regulations for more information. Antlerless deer permits for some wildlife management areas are issued through the quota hunt program. Read more about antlerless deer quota permits.
Skip to main content. Report Issues Report fish kills, wildlife emergencies, sightings, etc. Go Outdoors Florida! Anterless Deer Permit All antlerless deer taken on lands enrolled in the Antlerless Deer Permit Program must be tagged with an issued antlerless deer tag, even if they are harvested on a day when the take of antlerless deer is otherwise allowed within the zone in which the enrolled lands are located e.
The application periods begin May 15, What is an Antlerless Deer? What is the Antlerless Deer Permit Program? What this permit allows: Taking antlerless deer during the established deer hunting season on the property identified in the permit as specified in the conditions of the permit.
What this permit does NOT allow: Taking antlerless deer on any property not identified in the permit. Taking antlerless deer outside of the established deer hunting seasons for the zone where the enrolled property is located.
Requirements and conditions: Applicants must own or lease or otherwise have written permission to take antlerless deer on specifically identified lands at least contiguous acres or not less than contiguous acres if adjoining land with a current antlerless deer permit.
A group of adjoining landowners or persons who have written permission to take antlerless deer on specifically identified lands may apply together, provided the total combined acreage is at least contiguous acres or not less than contiguous acres if adjoining land with a current antlerless deer permit.
Applicants who cultivate agricultural crops and have been issued a Deer Depredation Permit within the past year to take deer for crop-depredation control are exempt from minimum acreage requirements. Spell check suggestion: did you mean unless? Non-archived items are listed below.
Click archive to find information in the news archive. An antlerless deer is any deer without a visible antler plainly protruding from its skull. Only white-tailed antlerless deer are legal during the extended firearm season, Jan. What is the definition of an antlerless deer? Continue to Friday December January Antlerless Deer Seasons Extended January antlerless deer seasons help manage Kansas whitetails while providing extra hunting opportunities.
The more deer are studied, the better the hunter becomes at judging age. In deer-rich Mississippi, the annual antlerless harvest was altered from five per season per hunter statewide to just three per season per hunter. Additional numbers are allowed where Deer Management Programs merited the additional harvest. On public lands, even more stringent rules apply with doe harvest limited to archery-only and primitive weapons seasons.
So why the change, and how have other deer heavy states addressed the issue? The answers may surprise you. Giles Island is a hunting lodge right out of the pages of a William Faulkner hunting story.
The big woods of the Mississippi River are a cathedral where free-roaming deer have mitigated floods and hunters for centuries. Governors, actors and common folk from across the country have visited there for one of the true slices of history in Mississippi folklore; the island is home to the sandbar where Jim Bowie and his knife became household names.
Jimmy Riley is the manager of Giles Island and the deer herd there is a credit to him. We coach hunters on what to look for in each case and often send a pro with the hunter to assist with the judging. In the early season, we look for does without fawns. If a doe is fat, with a large sagging belly and back she is likely old and needs to be removed. If the udder can be seen, we pass on that doe until later in the season.
By mid-November, fawns have lost their spots and can survive on their own, so any doe a hunter chooses is fair game. In the past, we have followed the recommendations of the biologists and feel we have a stable herd of quality animals.
Mississippi Deer Program manager William McKinley had this to say about antlerless selection and harvesting:. There were just more deer than the habitat was able to carry. The anterless limits were increased and adjusted giving hunters an increased opportunity. In those areas where anterless harvest was done properly, individual weights have rebounded to pounds or more.
Mississippi is a state of extremes in deer habitat. The rich alluvial soil of the Mississippi Delta and the Black Belt soil of the northeastern portion of the state produce the biggest deer. The sandy hills and coastal plains, not being as fertile have smaller deer.
Since bow hunters have a unique perspective on their target, the culling of older animals becomes easier. Older does tend to have longer than usual noses and swayed backs. My best advice is this, if it feels right take it. Accurate ages give an idea of the age structure probably more important for antlered bucks , survival rate, mortality rate, recruitment, etc.
Bill Baker, a hunting lease manager and biologist for Westervelt Inc. He also points out, that ratio is almost impossible to achieve, especially among free-ranging herds. Now, some properties are more balanced and the anterless deer harvest has been adjusted accordingly.
Since that time, on most properties, we have come to realize lower densities that are much more in line with what biologists would recommend from a quality deer perspective. Today, the Auburn University deer program , strongly recommends assessing fawn recruitment rates, in addition to other more traditionally measured deer population parameters and condition indices, before establishing antlerless harvest quotas.
Failure to factor in fawn recruitment rates can lead to, and has led to on some properties, deer densities much less than desired. In extreme and rare circumstances, deer populations can be driven to a low enough level that complete elimination of antlerless harvest may not be enough for the population to recover to desirable levels.
With that being said, antlerless harvest is still an extremely important deer management tool, and should be a factor in every management program. Management is an ongoing process. One point every agency and operation stresses is that herd management is fluid. Habitat, environmental conditions, hunting pressure, disease and predation are just a few of the factors to be considered when setting bag limits. Harsh winters in northern states may result in die-offs as deer yard-up in snow too deep to allow foraging.
In the South, mild winters may result in less daylight deer movement resulting in fewer deer being harvested. Either of these could skew the numbers up or down. If you are a land owner or property manager, the best advice is to incorporate a wildlife agency professional in the decision making process. Provide the very best food and cover you can, and then keep a journal of weather conditions, harvests and sightings.
Over time, patterns will emerge that will allow you to make smart choices in this portion of herd management. You will shoot the right number of deer on the right days, and feel you have made the proper selection. Break-Up Country. Elements Agua. Elements Terra. Shadow Grass Habitat. Explore All Patterns.
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