Hunters should note errors in printed hunting regulations handbook, map

Published 12:30 pm Sunday, August 27, 2017

Hunters are being alerted to several errors in printed copies of the “2017 Minnesota Hunting and Trapping Regulations Handbook,” and in the fold-out deer season map that accompanies the regulations booklet from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

The corrections range from misprints in permit areas, hunt schedules, licensing and bag limits.

“We apologize for these errors and will take steps to ensure that we can avoid these errors in the future,” said Paul Telander, DNR Wildlife Section chief. “We’re working with license vendors and stakeholder organizations to ease any confusion by directing hunters to correct information posted online and encouraging hunters with questions to call the DNR information center at 888-646-6367.”

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Correct information for all of these errors is available at www.mndnr.gov/regulations/hunting in the online versions of the 2017 Hunting and Trapping Regulations Handbook and fold-out deer map.

Firearms and muzzleloader hunters who want to harvest antlerless deer in a permit area designated as lottery this hunting season are reminded they must purchase their license by Thursday, Sept. 7. Hunters who purchase their license before this date are automatically entered into the lottery for the deer permit area or special hunt area they declare.

Regularly updated deer information, including the DNR’s deer permit area mapping tool, can be found online at www.mndnr.gov/deer.