Anterless deer deadline looms

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Deer hunters who use a firearm or muzzleloader and want to harvest an antlerless deer in a lottery deer area must apply for an either-sex permit by the Sept. 9 deadline.

Nearly half of Minnesota’s deer permit areas now are lottery areas, a comparable number from last year, said Lou Cornicelli, big game program consultant for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

There are 150 either-sex permits available in hunting area 127 in Lake County.

“Each year, we estimate deer numbers using a population model that considers harvest and over-winter survival,” Cornicelli said. “We then used that information to determine which areas would be designated as lottery.”

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