• “Quality Deer Management Zones” include Zones 3, 6, 9, 13, 27, 29, 35, 37, 40, 59, 63, and 67. The harvest of antlered deer from these zones during any open season is restricted to deer having at least one antler having a minimum of three antler points as defined below.
• “Earn-A-Buck Zones” include Zones 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 36, 38, 40, 41, 49, 50 and 51. The first deer harvested by the sportsmen from these zones during any open season through December 10, 2005 must be an antlerless deer as defined below.
• “Bank-A Doe is a new program available only in Earn-A-Buck (EAB) zones (Zones 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 36, 40, 41, 49, 50 and 51). The Bank-A-Doe option allows hunters to meet their antlerless deer requirement for the Permit Bow Season in advance during the Fall Bow Season. Hunters who harvest two antlerless deer from any Earn-A-Buck zone during the Fall Bow Season now may harvest an antlered deer as their first deer during the Permit Bow Season only in an Earn-A-Buck zone. As in the past, if you harvest one antlerless deer during Fall Bow in any EAB zone, you are then eligible to harvest one antlered deer during that season.With the Bank-A-Doe option, if you harvest a second antlerless deer during Fall Bow in any EAB zone, you are now eligible to harvest an antlered deer as your first deer during the Permit Bow Season. Hunters MUST go only to participating check stations (see highlighted deer check stations, p. 52) to be eligible for this program. These check stations have the required Bank- A-Doe Harvest Cards. Hunters will fill in their personal information, date, possession seal number and check station used for each of the two antlerless deer harvested during Fall Bow in an EAB zone. Later, when checking an
• “Antler length” is defined as the maximum length of a deer antler measured from the lowest outside edge of the antler burr along the outer curve to the most distant point of what is or appears to be the main antler beam. For the purposes of this definition, the antler length does not include the pedicel or portion of skull between the skull plate and base of the antler point.
• “Antler Point” is defined as any point at least one inch long from its tip to its base line, and the length must exceed the width at some location at least one inch down from the tip.
• “Antlered deer” is defined as any deer with at least one antler measuring at least three inches in length as described above.
• “Antlerless deer” is defined as any deer that does not have an antler length measuring at least three inches. For the purposes of this definition, adult deer that have shed their antlers are considered antlerless deer.