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New Laws and Regulations

Below is a listing of some of the changes that have occured.

Deer Hunting

New procedures for tagging and reporting deer.

Private land muzzleloader deer season extended to end of December.
Established a second junior deer hunting training day.
You can now buy a No-Lottery Permit for either the “A” Season or “B” Season.
During the Private Land Shotgun/Rifle and Muzzleloader seasons, you are permitted one additional Antlerless deer in Zone 7.
During the Private Land Shotgun/Rifle and Muzzleloader seasons, you are permitted two additional Antlerless deer in Zones 11 and 12.

Turkey Hunting

New procedures for tagging and reporting turkeys.
Spring turkey season moved forward by one week to start on last Wednesday in April.
Spring turkey season ends on last Saturday in May.
Spring turkey hunters can obtain both a state land and private land permit.
Established a second junior turkey hunting training day and extended hunting hours on junior turkey hunting training days to 5:00pm.

Archery/Bowhunting Regulation Changes

Eliminated interview process for physically disabled persons to obtain a crossbow permit.
Eliminated orange clothing requirements for bow hunting during firearms deer seasons on state lands that are designated as bowhunting only when hunting from an elevated stand.
Allows crossbows on private lands in Deer Management Zones 11 and 12 during

January bow season.

Allows deer hunters on private land to use a bow during entire shotgun/rifle season on a statewide basis and exempts them from orange clothing requirements when hunting from an elevated stand.

Goose Hunting

Removes 3 shell limit for hunters during September goose season.

Trapping

Eliminated the season bag limit on beaver and extended the beaver trapping season to March 31.
Adjusted the fisher trapping season to be November 20 through December 31 and increased the season bag limit on fisher from two to four.

Falconry

Amended the falconry regulations to redefine hybrid raptors consistent with federal laws, changed permit duration and reporting requirements to a June-July calendar year, and changed fee for a non-resident falconry permit from $75.00 to $28.00 annually.
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