OFFICIAL 2026 Deer Gun Lottery

[Bed Wetter]

Haven’t been around here for a minute. Just helping a Hunters Ed instructor get set up for a class at work next week. Figured I’d get this year’s bitch session started.

Results should drop any day now. Who got skunked and whose fault is it? GO!!

 

[measure-it]

No faults....just the luck of the draw!

 

[Iwhackwheat]

A few family members missed the deadline. I guess there’s been some rule changes in the last few years. The youth tag deadline used to go into the fall. can’t remember for sure but it might have been right up until the youth season. Also in the past, you could get a doe only gratis tag after the deadline. That is no longer the case.

No excuses missing the deadline but I was hoping those old rules still applied.

 

[Downrigger]

I'm just sitting here waiting for my Gratis tag

Good luck guys! Hope you draw your unit and shoot a monster or stack up the freezer with meat sticks!

 

[luvcatchingbass]

A few family members missed the deadline. I guess there’s been some rule changes in the last few years. The youth tag deadline used to go into the fall. can’t remember for sure but it might have been right up until the youth season. Also in the past, you could get a doe only gratis tag after the deadline. That is no longer the case.

No excuses missing the deadline but I was hoping those old rules still applied.

My in-laws missed the deadline I think. Pretty sure when I put in the youth tags for my daughter's they still had it until later into the summer to apply for both of them

 

[Iwhackwheat]

My in-laws missed the deadline I think. Pretty sure when I put in the youth tags for my daughter's they still had it until later into the summer to apply for both of them

I messaged gnf about the gratis situation and got confirmation. I’ve scoured their site about the youth deadline change but can’t find anything. I know 4 years ago the deadline for youth was in the fall. Maybe I missed an article when these things changed.

 

[sweeney]

You used to be able to get the youth WT doe tag after deadline as well as the youth non draw unit any deer tag, it was available after the initial lottery was completed if you missed the deadline.