| | | 1.__Permit required.__Except as otherwise authorized pursuant | | to this Part, a person may not hunt anterless deer as authorized | | in this section unless that person has a valid permit issued | | under this section. |
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| | | 2.__Authority to regulate taking of antlerless deer.__The | | commissioner may regulate the taking of antlerless deer within an | | area of the State, as necessary to maintain deer populations in | | balance with available habitat if the following conditions are | | met. |
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| | | A.__The demarcation of each area must follow recognizable | | physical boundaries such as rivers, roads and railroad | | rights-of-way. |
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| | | B.__The determination must be made and published prior to | | August 1st of each year. |
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| | | 3.__Rulemaking.__The commissioner may adopt rules necessary | | for the administration, implementation, enforcement and | | interpretation of this section, except that there may not be an | | antlerless deer permit system unless otherwise specified in this | | section.__Rules adopted by the commissioner that provide for | | permits to be issued to nonresident or alien hunters must provide | | that: |
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| | | A.__The percentage of antlerless deer permits issued to | | nonresident and alien hunters may not exceed the average | | percentage of applicants for antlerless deer permits over | | the previous 3 years who were nonresidents or aliens; and |
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| | | B.__No more than 15% of the antlerless deer permits issued | | in any one district or in any one zone may be issued to | | nonresident and alien hunters. |
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| | | 4.__Landowner consideration.__An antlerless deer permit system | | adopted by the commissioner pursuant to this section may include | | a provision giving special consideration to landowners who keep | | their lands open to hunting by the public.__Any 2 or more areas | | of land owned by the same person that are open for hunting and | | that would be contiguous except for being divided by one or more | | roads are considered contiguous for the purposes of determining | | landowner eligibility for special consideration under this | | subsection. |
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| | | 5.__Junior hunter and senior hunter permit transfers.__A | | junior hunter or a person 65 years of age or older may take an | | antlerless deer, if a person who holds a valid antlerless deer | | permit transfers the permit to the junior hunter or person 65 | | years of age or older by identifying the name, age and address of |
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