Deer Regulations

Valid Permits

• Nonresident Archer's Hunting
• Nonresident Archery Antlerless Deer Hunting
• Nonresident Firearms Antlerless Deer Hunting
• Nonresident Firearms Any-Deer Hunting
• Nonresident Managed Deer Hunt
• Resident Archer's Hunting
• Resident Archery Antlerless Deer Hunting
• Resident Firearms Antlerless Deer Hunting
• Resident Firearms Any-Deer Hunting
• Resident Landowner Archer's Hunting
• Resident Landowner Archery Antlerless Deer Hunting
• Resident Landowner Firearms Antlerless Deer Hunting
• Resident Landowner Firearms Any-Deer Hunting
• Resident Managed Deer Hunting

Season & Limits

Additional Information

Season Limit 

• Each hunter may take only one antlered deer during the firearms deer season. This includes all portions, including the two youth portions.
• If you want to take additional antlered deer, you must hunt on an archer’s hunting permit during the archery deer season or in a managed hunt where antlered deer can be taken.

Archery Methods 

• a longbow, compound bow or recurve bow of any draw weight
• Atlatls, which are defined as a rod or narrow board-like device used to launch, through a throwing motion of the arm, a dart 5 to 8 feet long
• hand-held string releasing devices
• illuminated sights, scopes and quickpoint sights are allowed. 

Firearm Methods 

Methods allowed during all portions of the firearms deer season, except the alternative methods portion: 

• Centerfire pistols, revolvers or rifles using expanding-type bullets. Legal ammunition includes lead bullets, copper bullets and bullets made of other material designed to expand.
• shotgun (including .410) with slugs only
• Air-powered guns, .40 caliber or larger, charged only from an external high compression power source (external hand pump, air tank, or air compressor)
• Muzzleloading or cap-and-ball firearms, .40 caliber or larger and capable of firing only a single projectile at one discharge; in-lines and scopes are allowed.
• Multiple-barreled muzzleloading or cap-and-ball firearms and/or muzzleloading or cap-and-ball handguns, including revolvers, .40 caliber or larger, are allowed and may be carried in addition to a muzzleloading or cap-and-ball rifle.
• Longbows, compound bows or recurve bows of any draw weight; hand-held string releasing devices, illuminated sights, scopes and quickpoint sights are allowed.
• Crossbows
• Atlatls, which are defined as a rod or narrow board-like device used to launch, through a throwing motion of the arm, a dart 5 to 8 feet long

Points to remember 

You must have a signed permit in hand when you go afield to hunt. 

Residents do not have to purchase a Firearms Any-Deer Hunting Permit or Archer's Hunting Permit before purchasing Antlerless Deer Hunting Permits. 

Before purchasing antlerless deer hunting permits, nonresidents must first purchase a Nonresident Firearms Any-Deer Hunting Permit or a Nonresident Archer's Hunting Permit, depending on the type of antlerless permit they want to use.