Environment and Outdoors

Deadline Nears For Maine's Deer Hunters To Apply For Permits

Maine Public | By Associated Press

Published August 14, 2019 at 6:14 AM EDT

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In this July 31, 2018 file photo, a doe and her two fawns prepare to cross a road near Bar Harbor, Maine.

AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine's window for deer hunters to apply for a permit is closing this week. The state uses "any deer'' permits to allow hunters to harvest a deer of either sex. The cutoff to enter the lottery for such a permit is Thursday at 11:59 p.m.

Maine plans to issue a little more than 68,000 "any deer'' permits this year. That's a cut of about 20 percent from the previous deer season. Maine biologists said hunters harvested hundreds more female deer last year than the state's objective.

The lottery drawing is scheduled for Sept. 6. The firearms season for deer runs from Nov. 4 to Nov. 30. There are also seasons for archers and hunters who use muzzleloaders.