DEC Announces Deer Management Permits Still Available for New York Hunters

DEC Announces Deer Management
Permits Still Available for New York Hunters

October 26, 2020 12:15 p.m.

Press Release from NYS DEC:

DEC Announces Deer Management Permits Still Available for New York

Hunters

DMPs Available Nov. 1 at License Sales Outlets

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)

Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced that remaining Deer Management

Permits (DMPs) in several of the State's Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) will

be available to hunters beginning Nov. 1.

"New York's hunters are setting records this year, but there are still opportunities

for Deer Management Permits across the state. Deer populations are generally

at or above desired levels in the units with leftover DMPs," Commissioner

Seggos said. "In these areas, DEC encourages hunters to hunt safely and

responsibly and to prioritize doe harvest and share extra venison with friends,

neighbors, and the

Venison Donation Coalition

DMPs, which allow hunters to harvest antlerless deer, are issued for specific

WMUs to control deer populations. In some WMUs, applicants received permits

during the initial application process, and the DMP target has not been reached.

In these units, DEC will re-open the DMP application process on a first-come,

first-served basis. Hunters may apply for up to two additional DMPs in these

WMUs at any DEC

license sales outlet

beginning Nov. 1, 2020.

Leftover DMPs

are not available by phone, mail, or internet. Applications must be

made at license issuing outlets. Applicants who previously paid the $10 DMP

application fee during the initial application period, or are exempt from the

application fee, will not be charged for this additional application. Hunters who

did not previously apply for a deer management permit are required to pay the

$10 application fee.

Applications for leftover DMPs will be accepted for the following WMUs: 1C, 3M,

3R, 3S (bowhunting only), 4J (bowhunting only), 6P, 7F, 7H, 7J, 7R, 8A, 8C

(bowhunting only), 8F, 8G, 8H, 8J, 8M, 8N, 8R, 9A, 9F,and 9G. In addition,

bonus DMPs

are available for hunters who successfully take an antlerless deer

in WMUs 1C, 3S, 4J, or 8C.

For WMU locations, refer to the

2020-21 Hunting and Trapping Regulations

Guide

or visit

DEC's website

During this extended application period, DEC will issue DMPs for an individual

WMU until the target issuance quota is achieved. The status of permits will be

reviewed each night, and as individual units are filled they will be removed from

the list of those available effective the following day. A list of units with available

leftover DMPs

will routinely be updated on DEC's website or via the DMP Hotline

at 1-866-472-4332.

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