An Act To Improve Deer Management and Hunting
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0421
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Sponsors: HANLEY, DIAMOND, BERRY, HOGAN, LUNDEEN, MAZUREK, TREAT, WATSON, WEDDELL
Amends: 12 MRSA §11152, 12 MRSA §11501

Legislative Document 
No. 421 
H.P.337 
House of Representatives, January 29, 2007 
An Act To Improve Deer Management and Hunting 
Reference to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Representative HANLEY of Gardiner. 
Cosponsored by Senator DIAMOND of Cumberland and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: BERRY of Bowdoinham, HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach, LUNDEEN of 
Mars Hill, MAZUREK of Rockland, TREAT of Farmingdale, V A UGHAN of Durham, 
WATSON of Bath, WEDDELL of Frankfort. 
Printed on rel:yded puper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §11152, sub-§I, ~C is enacted to read: 
C. A person who possesses an antlerless deer permit under this section may take one 
antlerless deer during an open, archery or muzzle-loading season or during a special 
season as the commissioner determines necessary under section 11153. 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §11152, sub-§8 is enacted to read: 
8. Antlerless deer permit. The following applies to an antlerless deer permit issued 
pursuant to this section. 
A. The fee for an antlerless deer permit is $10. Income derived from the fee charged 
under this paragraph must be credited to the fund established in paragraph B. 
B. The Antlerless Deer Fund, referred to in this subsection as "the fund," is created. 
The fund is administered by the commissioner. Proceeds of the fund must be used to 
staff and administer a landowner relations program. 
The fund is a nonlapsing, 
revolving fund. Money in the fund not needed to meet the requirements of this 
paragraph may accrue interest and be invested in a manner permitted by law. Interest 
on these investments must be credited to the fund. The commissioner shall adopt 
major substantive rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A to carry out 
the purposes of this paragraph. 
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §11501, sub-§I, as amended by PL 2003, c. 552, §5 and 
affected by § 15 and c. 614, §9 and c. 655, Pt. C, §§2 and 6, is further amended to read: 
1. Exceeding bag limit. A person may not possess more than one deer during any 
open season, except a person may keep more than one legally obtained deer in that 
person's home at any time or as otherwise provided in law. 
Notwithstanding the 
provisions of this subsection, a person holding an antlerless deer permit under section 
11152 may possess 2 deer, one of which is an antlerless deer pursuant to section 11152, 
during any season in which the person is eligible to hunt. 
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §11501, suh-§2, as amended by PL 2003, c. 552, §5 and 
affected by § 15 and c. 614, §9 and c. 655, Pt. C, §§2 and 6, is further amended to read: 
2. Hunting deer after having killed one. A person may not hunt deer after that 
person has killed or registered one during the open season of that calendar year, except .!! 
person who holds an antlerless deer permit under section 11152 may not hunt after that 
person has killed or registered 2 deer, one of which is an antlerless deer pursuant to 
subsection 1, or except as otherwise provided in law or rule. 
SUMMARY 
This bill allows a person who holds an antlerless deer permit to take a second deer, 
which is an antlerless deer, during an open, special, archery or muzzle-loading season. 
This bill requires a $10 fee to be charged for an antler less deer permit, which must be 
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credited to the Antlerless Deer Fund to staff and administer a landowners relations 
program. 
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