2026 Deer Season Set

[Ruttin]

Right , and if you say anything you’re cruel …..

I would be fine with one year of an antlerless tag and one of an "any" tag. Multiple years of doe tags with the deer population the way it is does not make sense.

 

[Ruttin]

Re-read it - archery is still an any tag. It had been talked about making it antlered only but not happening this year.

Well then they must be reading this form because it just got changed.

 

[8andcounting]

Re-read it - archery is still an any tag. It had been talked about making it antlered only but not happening this year.

No …. Archery is buck only … or the regs are lying

 

[Ruttin]

 

[Ruttin]

They literally changed it a moment ago. I have both sets of regulations pulled up in different tabs on my screen as i type.

 

[Ruttin]

 

[8andcounting]

Wow - ok well I was wrong , no actually I was right but now I’m wrong lol

 

[luvcatchingbass]

I hope youth could be buck only. Be pretty neat if my 14yr old daughter and 11yr old daughter could shoot bucks and even neater when I get to take pictures of both of them successful.
Plus our doe population sucks so I will be attempting to find that button buck for the 11yr old anyways if possible.

 

[8andcounting]

I’d like to see us keep youth opportunities but maybe don’t start until 14 . Then buck tag until out of high school . Shouldn’t be a doe shot in this state for years

 

[labhunter66]

Right , and if you say anything you’re cruel …..

You have to understand what is set by statute and what game and fish can control. Youth deer licenses are mandated by century code. Game and Fish doesn't have the ability to not issue those licenses.

 

[8andcounting]

You have to understand what is set by statute and what game and fish can control. Youth deer licenses are mandated by century code. Game and Fish doesn't have the ability to not issue those licenses.

They can change some of it . Dates , age limits …..

 

[labhunter66]

They can change some of it . Dates , age limits …..

Dates - yes, age limits - no, they are set in statute. The original youth doe season was for 12 and 13 year olds to experience hunting prior to getting a buck tag at 14. There have been multiple changes to it since but they are changes that have occurred legislatively in the century code so G&F is bound by them.

 

[8andcounting]

Dates - yes, age limits - no, they are set in statute. The original youth doe season was for 12 and 13 year olds to experience hunting prior to getting a buck tag at 14. There have been multiple changes to it since but they are changes that have occurred legislatively in the century code so G&F is bound by them.

The original was 14 and a one time deal . In about 94 or so

 

[labhunter66]

The original was 14 and a one time deal . In about 94 or so

That was the original youth deer season. It allowed for 14 years old's to get a guaranteed buck tag. The add on to that was a youth whitetail doe only season where they were limited to hunting only during the youth deer season and needed to be accompanied by an unarmed mentor. That has been expanded to include 11 year old's or even 10, if their birthday occurs in the same year as the season but after the season opener. It has now been extended to the regular gun season as well. Along with that, 12 and 13 year old's have been included in the antelope season.