per Mass. Division of Fisheries and Wildlife:
NEW ANTLERLESS DEER PERMIT PROCEDURES
The Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (DFW) is announcing details on the new 2012 procedures for applying and obtaining Antlerless Deer Permits. Information flyers are now available from DFW District Offices, the Westborough Field Headquarters and have been posted on the agency website at www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/recreation/licensing/permits/adp_home.htm.
As in the past, deer hunters must apply for an antlerless deer permit either when they purchase their license or at any time prior to this year’s permit application deadline July 16, 2012. Applications can only be made through the electronic MassFishHunt system through the Internet, an authorized licensing agent location, or any MassWildlife Office. There is no longer any application form to mail to the Division.
A new second step in this process, called the Instant Award phase, requires that ALL antlerless deer permit applicants return to the MassFishHunt website beginning August 1, 2012 to try to win an antlerless deer permit in the zone for which they previously applied. Hunters may access MassFishHunt via the Internet, any authorized license agent location, or any MassWildlife Office. Upon returning to the MassFishHunt site, the applicant or licensing agent will select the zone for which the hunter previously applied, and the system will instantly notify the applicant if he/she has won an antlerless deer permit. If the permit is won, the hunter can pay the $5.00 permit fee immediately and print the permit, or leave the winning permit in the shopping cart where it will remain until payment is made or until the permit expires. As in the past all permits expire on December 31st.
Permit issuance through the new Instant Award system will be completely random but still based on a percent chance of winning. As in the past, winning percentages will be determined by the number of permits available for each Wildlife Management Zone (WMZ) divided by the number of applications for each zone. The Instant Award system is not a first-come/first-served system, meaning that hunters will have the same odds of winning a permit in their selected zones whether they return on August 1st or December 31st. Only hunters who applied during the Application Period will be able to try for an antlerless deer permit during the Instant Award Phase. Applicants will have ONE attempt to try to obtain an antlerless deer permit during the Instant Award Phase. Hunters are reminded that DFW will no longer conduct a permit drawing, the permit process will no longer involve hunting/sporting license numbers and DFW will no longer mail antlerless deer permit notifications to permit applicants.
Any surplus antlerless deer permits will be available in October for any zone in which DFW has more permits available than hunters that apply. These surplus antlerless deer permits will continue to be issued on a first-come/first-served basis. Surplus antlerless deer permits will be available over the counter through authorized license agent locations, and DFW Offices.
NEW ANTLERLESS DEER PERMIT PROCEDURES
The Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (DFW) is announcing details on the new 2012 procedures for applying and obtaining Antlerless Deer Permits. Information flyers are now available from DFW District Offices, the Westborough Field Headquarters and have been posted on the agency website at www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/recreation/licensing/permits/adp_home.htm.
As in the past, deer hunters must apply for an antlerless deer permit either when they purchase their license or at any time prior to this year’s permit application deadline July 16, 2012. Applications can only be made through the electronic MassFishHunt system through the Internet, an authorized licensing agent location, or any MassWildlife Office. There is no longer any application form to mail to the Division.
A new second step in this process, called the Instant Award phase, requires that ALL antlerless deer permit applicants return to the MassFishHunt website beginning August 1, 2012 to try to win an antlerless deer permit in the zone for which they previously applied. Hunters may access MassFishHunt via the Internet, any authorized license agent location, or any MassWildlife Office. Upon returning to the MassFishHunt site, the applicant or licensing agent will select the zone for which the hunter previously applied, and the system will instantly notify the applicant if he/she has won an antlerless deer permit. If the permit is won, the hunter can pay the $5.00 permit fee immediately and print the permit, or leave the winning permit in the shopping cart where it will remain until payment is made or until the permit expires. As in the past all permits expire on December 31st.
Permit issuance through the new Instant Award system will be completely random but still based on a percent chance of winning. As in the past, winning percentages will be determined by the number of permits available for each Wildlife Management Zone (WMZ) divided by the number of applications for each zone. The Instant Award system is not a first-come/first-served system, meaning that hunters will have the same odds of winning a permit in their selected zones whether they return on August 1st or December 31st. Only hunters who applied during the Application Period will be able to try for an antlerless deer permit during the Instant Award Phase. Applicants will have ONE attempt to try to obtain an antlerless deer permit during the Instant Award Phase. Hunters are reminded that DFW will no longer conduct a permit drawing, the permit process will no longer involve hunting/sporting license numbers and DFW will no longer mail antlerless deer permit notifications to permit applicants.
Any surplus antlerless deer permits will be available in October for any zone in which DFW has more permits available than hunters that apply. These surplus antlerless deer permits will continue to be issued on a first-come/first-served basis. Surplus antlerless deer permits will be available over the counter through authorized license agent locations, and DFW Offices.
