Deer Hunt WPA's?

[TruthWalleyes]

Are Waterfowl Production Areas legal to deer hunt?

Just scouted a nice big WPA for muzzleloader season.

[PurpleFloyd]

If you can I am guessing you would need a non toxic bullet

[Gordie]

This is out of the rule book truth:

hope it helps

Duck Refuges and Duck sanctuaries

From September 1 through the final day of the duck season, or as otherwise

posted, a person may not hunt, trap, fish, or trespass on portions of state

wildlife management areas or federal waterfowl production areas that are

posted to prohibit trespass.

And

National WilDliFe ReFuges & WateRFoWl

PRoDuction aReas

Federal Waterfowl Production Areas (WPA’s) are open to public hunting

except where prohibited. National Wildlife Refuges (NWR’s) are closed

unless expressly permitted. Please consult the appropriate NWRs and

Wetland Management District (WMDs) managers or www.fws.gov/refuges

for specific regulations.

general Restrictions

• Small game hunters using shotguns, including turkey hunters, are

required to use and possess only non-toxic shot.

• Small game hunters must wear an article of blaze orange consistent

with state regulations.

• Target shooting is prohibited.

• During the small game season, hunting dogs must be under the

immediate control of the hunter.Training and allowing pets off leash

are prohibited.

• Motorized vehicles are prohibited on all NWRs and WPAs except

on designated parking areas, access roads, and public roads. Permits

to operate vehicles on other roads may be available for hunters with

disabilities.

• Motorized watercraft are prohibited on all WPAs and are restricted on

most NWRs. Motorized watercraft are allowed without a permit on

designated portions of the Tamarac and upper Mississippi National

Wildlife Refuge.

• Camping, campfires and overnight parking are prohibited on all WPAs

including designated parking areas. Camping, campfires, and overnight

parking are restricted on most NWRs.

• No permanent stands are permitted. Also prohibited are the use of nails,

wire, screws, or bolts to attach a stand to a tree or hunting from a tree,

into which a metal object has been driven to support a hunter. Portable

hunting stands MuST BE set up and removed each day.

• All property brought onto a NWR or WPA must be removed after

each day.This includes all vehicles, boats, decoys and trash.

• The use or possession of alcoholic beverages while hunting is prohibited.

• The destruction, defacement, disturbance or unauthorized removal of

any natural object or government property is prohibited.

• Plants and animals cannot be introduced, liberated or placed on NWRs

or WPAs.

• Disposing of animal carcasses, trash, refuse rocks, wood or other debris

is prohibited.

2013 Minnesota Hunting Regulations

• Cutting, mowing, sawing, digging, collecting, injuring or removing

vegetation is prohibited.

• Distribution of feed or bait, or hunting

[Eric Wettschreck]

The Big Slough is a WPA and it gets deer hunted hard.

[TruthWalleyes]

I'm using a copper bullet. Not that it matters when big game hunting.

I'm pretty sure its huntable. there are areas of it with closed signs.

i did call the local manager of the specific wpa and left a message. so hopefully they get back to me.

[slimngrizzly]

Yes they are open to public hunting, but the habitat is managed for waterfowl.

The WPA's by me get pounded by deer hunters! It good ground too. At least where they haven't mowed down every everything that isn't natural prarie. Makes me sick to see all the trees and brush cut down.

[bowhunternw]

Yes they are open to public hunting, but the habitat is managed for waterfowl.

The WPA's by me get pounded by deer hunters! It good ground too. At least where they haven't mowed down every everything that isn't natural prarie. Makes me sick to see all the trees and brush cut down.

This is one thing that I am truly unhappy about too. I think WPA's are federal but the dnr is doing it to. I read on the dnr HSOforum that is what they are throwing tons of money from that "clean water,land and legacy act" at. If hawks are the problem, why don't we work on reducing their numbers. They could make money solving a problem and not spending, license sales. I spend a fair amount of time hunting a WMA that has a very nice mix of habitat ranging from swamps, woods, brush, grasslands to pasture. It has good numbers of sharptail, ruffed grouse, coyotes, deer and bear. I would be very unhappy if they came in and cleared all the woods and brush to make it bird habitat. I think with the public ground we have, we should try to make it habitat for multiple species not just one. If that ramble makes any sense.

[TruthWalleyes]

deer don't live in trees ya know.

i love hunting grasslands and swamps For deer.

[TruthWalleyes]

Got the OK from the DNR office