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An Act To Allow a Junior Hunter To Take One Antlerless Deer without an Antlerless Deer Permit
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §11109, sub-§3, ¶A, as amended by PL 2009, c. 213, Pt. OO, §2, is further amended to read:
 
A. A resident junior hunting license, for a person 10 years of age or older and under 16 years of age, is $7. Notwithstanding the permit fees established in subchapter 3, a resident junior hunting license includes all permits, stamps and other permissions needed to hunt at no additional cost. A resident junior hunting license does not include an antlerless deer permit.
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §11109, sub-§3, ¶F, as amended by PL 2009, c. 213, Pt. OO, §2, is further amended to read:
 
F. A nonresident junior hunting license, for a person 10 years of age or older and under 16 years of age, is $34. A nonresident junior hunting license does not include an antlerless deer permit.
Sec. 3.  12 MRSA §11152, sub-§8  is enacted to read:
 
8.  Junior hunters taking antlerless deer.     A person who holds a valid junior hunting license may take one antlerless deer without an antlerless deer permit in a wildlife management district for which antlerless deer permits are issued. A person who takes an anterless deer pursuant to this subsection must obtain a valid antlerless deer permit to hunt antlerless deer in subsequent years.
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows the holder of a valid junior hunting license to take one antlerless deer without an antlerless deer permit. In subsequent years, that person must obtain an antlerless deer permit to take an antlerless deer.