Deer lottery application deadline is Sept. 10 + Turkey input meetings

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Deer lottery application deadline is Sept. 10

Firearms and muzzleloader hunters who want to harvest antlerless deer throughout much of Minnesota this hunting season are reminded they must purchase their license and apply for an antlerless permit by Thursday, Sept. 10.

Antlerless deer permits are issued by lottery in designated permit areas. Some areas that have not been in the lottery classification in recent years are in that classification this year, primarily as a result of new deer population goals.

Hunters who want to participate in special firearm deer hunts also need to apply for permits that are issued by lottery, and the application deadline is Sept. 10. More information on deer permit areas and special hunts is in the DNR hunting regulations handbook, found online at www.mndnr.gov/hunting/deer.


Four regional meetings explore how to improve spring turkey season

How to increase hunter opportunity and satisfaction during the spring wild turkey season will be the focus of four public discussion meetings the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will host in late September and October.

In these regional discussion meetings the DNR is asking citizen participants to help review, evaluate and make recommendations on how to improve the spring turkey season.

Anyone can register to attend one of the four regional turkey hunting meetings that will take place in St. Paul on Tuesday, Sept. 29; New Ulm on Wednesday, Sept. 30; Winona on Tuesday, Oct. 6; or Alexandria on Thursday, Oct. 8. All meetings will take place from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and include refreshments. Registration is requested because space is limited to 36 participants per meeting.

Register between Thursday, Sept. 3, and Friday, Sept. 25, on the DNR website at www.mndnr.gov/turkey or by calling 651-259-5204. There is no registration fee.