Permit to kill an out of season deer
1. Call the D.G.I.F. office
in the state capital. Did that on Monday.
2. Explain situation to
dispatcher who passes message along to the actual warden.
3. Wait.....and wait some
more....and then call again on Wednesday.
Our local game warden called
us back that same day to set up a time to meet. He was free and in the
area so I agreed to meet him out at the mailbox. He was very
professional and courteous and sort of interviewed me there in our
driveway. I guess I proved to him that I was an exasperated gardener and
not some blood thirsty hunter who couldn't wait til deer season
started. He decided to give me the permit without walking back to
actually inspect the damage and took some time to explain how a kill
permit works.
1. No Bucks!...that seemed to
be one of the more important distinctions.
2. It's the only time you are
legally allowed to use spotlights to hunt deer.
3. We've only got 10
days....and no hunting on Sunday.
I asked him why no hunting on
Sundays? He just shrugged and said "Something to do with the blue laws."
I imagined a scene of church pews being almost empty during hunting
season before these laws were enacted, which I guess is what would
prompt such a law.
The picture to the right here
is Anna's
very first deer back in 2009. I have a feeling we'll be carrying her second home
within the next 9 days.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Brandy --- Well, that's the deer I killed two years ago. Let's hope I do as well this time!
David --- Thank you --- I definitely need the good luck!
I didn't know those permits were only for ten days; I thought they were for the whole year. I guess you'd better get to shooting!
The good news is that deer aren't shy this time of year. It always seems that they're everywhere and then the day hunting season opens they just magically vanish for a few months.
Good luck!
E.
That means ten days of shooting, so if you don't get a clear shot at a deer, you don't waste a day! Happy hunting, Tom amateur game warden (of my own back yard).