License, Permit, Apps, Help please??

[chasineyes]

Do I need any special permits to muzzle hunt in the mankato area/southern MN? I understand I need a license for sure but is the permit enable you to shoot a doe? I just want to go down to the in-laws for the weekend and hang out in the outdoors. And if a buck comes by...well that's just icing on the cake.

Thanks for the help!!!!!!

[Bear55]

If its a lotto area you needed to apply for a permit back in Sept. If you are hunting a Managed or Intensive Harvest area you can get over the counter bonus tags.

[Tom7227]

There seems to be an inconsistency in the regs. page 64:

"Regular muzzleloader license – Any hunter can buy a muzzleloader

license, including people who have purchased a firearm license.

The license is valid for either-sex deer in any managed or intensive area. In lottery areas, you must have an either-sex permit for the muzzleloader season to take an antlerless deer. All muzzleloader hunters are restricted to bucks only hunting in deer areas 234, 237, 274, 275,282, 283, 284, 286, 288, 289, and 294."

[96trigger]

What area are you in and is it Lottery. If it is lottery, you will be limited to bucks only. If it is a lottery area you cannot hunt alone with the muzzle loader if:

You have already gotten a buck and don't have a doe permit and/or you have already harvested a deer in a lotto area.

Have you gotten a deer yet? If so, what was the area, Lotto Intensive, Managed?

[Tom7227]

If you hunt in the 601 metro zone I think you can still take a doe. The rules are confusing.

[wplatehunter]

Mankato is a lottery area, so it will be bucks only for you good luck.

[Dilly]

So can a youth take a antlerless deer in a lottery zone?

[wplatehunter]

I'm not sure. I would also like to know.

[Dilly]

I called the DNR today to find out...they said if a youth is hunting in one of the blue areas on the map then they can take a antlerless deer, if hunting in one the yellow areas then they would of had to applied back in September for a antlerless. This only pertains to firearm or muzzleloader seasons.