<span property="dc:title">Vermont Muzzleloader Antlerless Deer Permit Winners Announced</span>
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<span property="dc:date dc:created" content="2024-09-17T14:07:33+00:00" datatype="xsd:dateTime"><time datetime="2024-09-17T10:07:33-04:00" title="Tuesday, September 17, 2024 - 10:07">Tue, 09/17/2024 - 10:07</time></span>
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<div property="content:encoded" class="usa-prose field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span><span><span><span><span>Deer hunters who applied for a Vermont muzzleloader season antlerless deer permit by the July 31 deadline can now go to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife website to see if they won a permit. </span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>Fish and Wildlife announced the permit winners on September 11, after conducting a randomized computer drawing. </span></span></span><span><span>Permit winners are listed in two categories -- regular lottery winners and landowners. Landowners who apply for a landowner antlerless permit are prohibited by law from posting their land against hunting. </span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>“Hunters can go to our website to find out if they are recipients of a muzzleloader season antlerless permit,” said Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Christopher Herrick. “Knowing early if they’ve won, will help them plan their hunting this fall.” </span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>“They can follow </span></span></span><a href="https://vtfishandwildlife.com/antlerless-deer-lottery"><span><span><spa… link</span></span></span></a><span><span><span> on our home page to go to the listing of permit winners.”</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span>Permit recipients will need to reprint their licenses which have been reformatted to include their antlerless permits. </span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span>Antlerless permits were available for Vermont’s 21 Wildlife Management Units and may be used during the muzzleloader seasons on October 31-November 3 (antlerless hunting by permit only) and December 7-15. </span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>“Harvesting antlerless deer affords Vermont hunters the chance to secure locally sourced food for their families. It also helps the department balance the deer population with the available habitat,”</span></span></span><span><span> said Nick Fortin, deer and moose project leader for the Fish and Wildlife Department.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span>“Recent mild winters have caused deer numbers to increase in much of Vermont in 2024. In many areas, deer numbers now exceed what the habitat can support. To maintain a healthy and sustainable deer population, the 2024 antlerless permits will help balance deer numbers with available habitat.”</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span>Fish and Wildlife urges hunters to review the </span></span><a href="https://vtfishandwildlife.com/sites/fishandwildlife/files/documents/Hun… Deer Season Guide</span></span></span></a><span><span> also available its website home page. </span></span></span></span></p>
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