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Antlerless Deer Draw

     

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BE PREPARED!



Click on the map to:
a) determine in which zone you wish to hunt before calling.

b) view a list of the number of stamps issued and a detailed description of each deer zone
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How to Apply for the Antlerless Deer Draw:

Applications will be accepted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from 7AM July 22nd to midnight September 2nd, 2011.


Step 1. Before You Apply

• Direct any inquiries about the Antlerless Deer Draw or any other deer hunting regulations to your local Department of Natural Resources Office
• Have your Wildlife Resources Card in hand
• Choose a Deer Management Zone in which antlerless deer hunting stamps are required/available.
• Have your credit card available if you are applying online.



Step 2: Application Line

Apply online or by phone.

  • Apply online now at https://www.hmcgroup.ca/deerdraw
    An application fee of $7.40 plus HST will be charged to your credit card
  • Call 1-900-565-3337 (this is NOT an information line).
    Note: You will be charged an application fee of $7.40 plus HST each time you call this line. If you apply more then once, only your last application will be entered into the draw.
  • To apply by mail, there is an application fee of $10.71 plus HST ($12.31).
    Download the mail-in application form.



Step 3: Antlerless Deer Draw

A computerized random draw will occur on Saturday, September 3rd, 2011 for the number of available licences from applicants who applied for each Deer Management Zone



Step 4: Draw Results

Winners will be notified by mail. Applicants can also check their individual draw results:
• Online at http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/draws/deerdraw/ beginning September 5th by noon.




   

Who is eligible?

To apply for the Antlerless Deer Draw, applicants must:

Be residents of Nova Scotia

Be eligible to hold a 2011 Deer Hunting Licence

Be 16 years of age or over (on or before the end of deer hunting season)

Hold a Nova Scotia Wildlife Resources Card at time of application

Not have suspended hunting privileges

       
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