MONTPELIER — Vermont’s muzzleloader season antlerless deer permit applications are available online at Vermont Fish and Wildlife’s website and from license agents. A link to the information and online applications is on the home page. 

The muzzleloader seasons on Oct. 27-30 and Dec. 3-11 will have antlerless permits available for 19 of Vermont’s 21 Wildlife Management Units. Landowners who post their land may not apply for a landowner priority muzzleloader antlerless deer permit. They are eligible to apply in the regular lottery for an antlerless deer permit.

Deer populations in five wildlife management units, primarily in the Champlain Valley, remain above their respective population objectives. The goal of issuing anterlerless permits is to reduce deer numbers in those areas.

The deadline to apply for a muzzleloader antlerless deer permit is Aug. 3.