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Important! See reverSe Side for mapS of the hard-to-define deer areaS, deer areaS around the Leech Lake indian reS er vation, and the no vem ber fire arm reStriction boundarieS.

Minnesota 2009 Firearms Deer Season

S m t W t f S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

november 2009

See map on back for details of metro deer area boundaries.

Hunters: The Red Lake Indian Reservation and scattered parcels of Reservation land in the surrounding area are closed to non‑band members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians except by authorization of the tribal council. Most of those lands are not posted, but they are marked in ownership plat books for Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, and Roseau counties. Please see page 126 of the 2009 Hunting and Trapping Regulations Handbook for more information.

See Back for Color Maps of Deer Areas and Permit Quotas

* A person with a Statewide (A) firearms license can hunt all three of these deer zones and take deer as described in the regulations

** A person with a Late Southeast (B) firearms license can hunt during this season and take deer as described in the regulations.

*** Both the Statewide (A) and Late Southeast (B) licenses are valid in this area.

**** This license is available to all hunters. See regulations for detailed information.

Late Southeast (B) Season

Statewide (a) Season

Season Date

firearm option Statewide (a)*

100 Series nov. 7-22

200 Series nov. 7-15

300 Series nov. 7-15

firearm option Late Southeast (b)** nov. 21-29

muzzleloader**** nov. 28-dec. 13

early antlerless Season*** oct. 10-11

metro deer management area (601)*** nov. 7-29 (any 2009 firearms or muzzleloader.)

Youth-only antlerless areas: in these deer areas, all adult (archery, firearm or muzzleloader) and disabled hunters are restricted to bucks only. a limited number of youth-only antlerless permits are available. for more details, see page 70 in the 2009 hunting and trapping regulations handbook.

This document is made available electronically by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library as part of an ongoing digital archiving project. http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/lrl.asp

601

Youth Antlerless Only - 1 deer limit

County Line

DEEr arEaS 184 anD 197The portion of the state within the boundaries of the Leech Lake Indian Reserva tion, except where the reserva tion bound ary in tercepts the boundary separating deer areas 184 and 197. See the map above right for this boundary.

DEEr arEa 203The portion of the state within the boundaries of the Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge and the Elm Lake, Eckvoll, and Mud Lac wildlife man age ment areas.

DEEr arEa 224The portion of the state known as the Sherburne Na tion al Wildlife Refuge.

In the south ern and western portion of the state shown in the map below, the only legal fire arms for deer are shot guns using rifled slugs, muzzleloaders*, and handguns legal for big game.

2009 deer SeASON/AreA mAp

Use this large fold-out map to find the boundaries of deer areas, the hunting dates, classifications of deer ar eas, and quotas for lottery deer areas.

This map shows the bound aries of deer areas 184 and 197 near the Leech Lake Reservation.

LeeCH LAKe deer AreAS

NOvember FireArmS reStriCtiONS

BounDarY DEScrIptIonS for othEr harD-to-DEfInE arEaS:

* Muzzle‑loading guns may be used through‑out the state during the regular firearms seasons.

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DEErarEa 184

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Statewide (a) License Late Southeast (B) License

DEEr arEa 235The portion of the state known as the Carlos Avery Wildlife Man age ment Area in Anoka and Chisago counties. Carlos Avery is NOT part of the metro deer management area (shown as cross-hatched on front map).

DEEr arEa 251The portion of the state known as the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge.

DEEr arEaS 297 anD 298The portion of the state known as the White Earth Indian Res er va tion, except four north east ern town ships (143N to 146N; Range 37W) and Area 251.

LEgaL BounDarY DEScrIptIonSAny person in doubt about a bound ary should check the rules governing the 2009 Minnesota Deer Sea sons.

HArd-tO-deFiNe deer AreASthESE mapS Show In DEtaIL SmaLL DEEr arEaS that maY BE harD to rEaD on thE LargE map Shown on thE front.

area number number of permits

234 50

237 50

274 25

275 25

282 25

283 25

284 25

286 50

288 50

289 25

294 50

Limited Youth only Deer areas - only youth hunters under age 18 by nov. 7th may apply for these permits. Youth hunters need to apply by the Sept. 10th deadline. all adults (including disabled permittees) and youth who are not successful in this lottery are restricted to bucks only.

area number

101 208 227 260 268

105 209 236 261 346

111 210 256 265 349

182 225 257 267 601

Early antlerless Deer areas - any firearm or muzzleloader license is valid during this season. deer can only be tagged with early antlerless permits.

Late SoutheaSt (b) LicenSe

area number

343

346

348

349

StateWide (a) LicenSe

area number

105 227 268

111 236 287

182 241 343

203 243 346

208 256 348

209 257 349

210 260

221 261

222 265

225 267

Intensive Deer areas - there is no drawing for permits. if you hunt in one of these areas, you can take a deer of either-sex with your initial license. You can also use bonus permits to take up to 4 additional antlerless deer. refer to regulations book for additional details on how bonus permits may be used.

StateWide (a) firearm SeaSon LicenSe

area number number of permits area number number of permits area number number of permits

104 1,500 233 750 272 50

107 500 235 25 273 1,300

115 2,000 238 25 276 300

116 100 239 7,000 277 950

122 1,000 244 3,000 278 250

127 150 245 4,000 279 150

154 2,250 246 4,000 280 75

174 2,000 247 1,800 281 300

175 2,000 249 3,500 285 500

183 2,500 250 100 290 300

213 4,500 252 100 291 650

218 2,500 253 300 295 100

219 1,500 254 1,200 296 100

223 1,500 255 700 297 150

224 350 262 150 299 250

229 1,200 269 250 344 200

230 500 270 25

232 700 271 50

Grand total 59,350

Lottery Deer areas - You must apply for one of these permit areas by Sept. 10, 2009. all firearm and muzzleloader hunters must apply. if successful, the permit will only be valid during the season for which you made the application.

Late SoutheaSt (b) SeaSon LicenSe

344b 750

StateWide (a) LicenSe

area number

110 180 263

114 181 264

126 184 266

152 197 292

156 199 293

157 201 298

159 214 338

167 215 339

168 240 341

170 242 342

172 248 345

178 251 347

managed Deer areas - there is no drawing for permits. if you hunt in one of these areas, you can take a deer of either-sex with your intial license. You can also use one bonus permit in one managed deer area.

Late SoutheaSt (b) LicenSe

area number

338

339

341

342

345

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